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" Everything that has to do with sex is somehow... it's the best thing in the world, and it's still the one thing people don't want you to talk about. "

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" I think that pop music in general sometimes like to keep things a bit more hidden, and, you know, you censor and you polish to make it fit more people or to not be too vulgar or make sure of, 'Can this really play on the radio?' And I like not doing that. "

" I think there's always a bit of pain in everything that's ecstatic - relationships and love, they always come with pain. "

" I knew when I went to a very hippie high school that focused on music that I wanted to do something in the industry. "

" I was big into grunge, like Nirvana and Hole, when I was younger, which has been a really huge inspiration because of its rawness and honesty. "

" I would never agree to sing something I didn't feel was 100% me. "

" That's kind of how I am - a roller coaster of emotions. "

" We lived by the water, and I was a pretty normal kid until my teenage years; then I dyed my hair pink and spiraled out of control. "

" I've never grown into loving someone. It's, like, either right away or slowly sinks in. "

" It means a lot to everyone around me that I look good, and I don't think it should have to. I just think I should look the way I do. "

" At first, my bedroom had flowers and yellow walls and huge furniture in plastic that was orange and green - and furry green bed cover and everything. Then, I think the day I turned 13, I painted the walls black and put Kurt Cobain on the wall and just changed everything into a dark theme. "

" I thought 'Twinkies' was just a word for 'cookies,' not a specific thing. They kind of scare me a little bit because they last forever. "

" I find it really cool when people have this artist persona they can put on. They can go out and act like this other person; I can't pull that off... I can't censor myself. "

" I definitely feel I'm outside of the polished pop girl group, which feels right. I don't think I could keep up that polished surface on purpose. "

" In the same way that I'm open when I speak, I'm that open on stage. I feed off the energy of the audience, too, so they're feeling what I'm feeling. "

" I started to use music almost like a therapist, where it's like, everything that I don't really dare to say or speak about, I can sing about. "

" It's OK to joke about yourself and have self-perspective, but, like, when you constantly put yourself down to get other people to tell you you're good, that annoys me. Have confidence! "

" I fight the same way as my dad! I've picked that up from him. We both get angry really fast and very intensely, and then get over it very quickly. You need to be good at apologising if you fight like that. "

" My dream was never to become this unattainable star. "

" Both my best and my worst habit is that I'm very impulsive. "

" When people like your music because it has vulnerable honesty, and you're able to comfortably admit to flaws and imperfections, then that's the most liberating thing about being an artist. "

" I'm always exhausted after a show, even if it's just half an hour. "

" The very first song I ever wrote was a song called 'Crazy' when I was 11 or 12 with my best girlfriends - we had a girl band. It was about loving a guy who everyone else thought you were crazy for being into. "

" I'm not from a music family at all. "

" I can't live just being content. I can't have a routine. I can't be settled because then I just get really frustrated. "

" I'm from a fancy, well-raised background. We were very well-behaved and not allowed to swear. It's the kind of place where people hide their problems under the rug and pretend it's all perfect. Eventually, you get sick of that. "

" The first album that I bought was the Nirvana 'MTV Unplugged in New York' album. "

" There was this lynx at a zoo that was called Tove, and that I totally fell in love with. It was my dear godmother who decided to call me Tove Lo, after that lynx. It stuck. "

" A rock star is expected to act like a mess, sound like a mess and look like a mess. People don't expect you to show up on time and be a professional. But when you're a pop star, you have to do all that, look perfect and be a role model. "

" I always loved performing and being on stage. "

" I don't think I would live very long if I was a rock star. "