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" I always found very strong images for my songwriting in New York. "

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" I try not to be superstitious, but, you know, we never put any shoes on the table. That's totally against the law in our house. And I always salute when I see one magpie. "

" My daughters are my Picassos. "

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" A lot of young musicians in Stockholm are about keeping tradition alive and moving it forward at the same time. "

" I'm a bit of a rebel, and I always will be. "

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" When I'm singing or on stage, I become complete all of a sudden. I'm whole. I don't think I've really had that in so many other things in my life. "

" I've never really spent too much or put too much gravity or placed too much importance on being a pop star. It's like, OK, great, does that mean I don't have to do anything anymore except walk around and be a pop star? "

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" When me and my brother Eagle-Eye were kids, life was about hitting the road, getting on the bus. We loved it. "

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" I don't live my life through my kids, nor do I expect them to live theirs through mine. But of course, they're everything. "

" I'm quite a particular singer, and I need to feel like I can bite into the song, in a way, to make it my own. You want the challenge of the songs having some attitude. "

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