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" I don't feel Swedish. In fact, my father tells me to get out of here as soon as I can. "
Lykke Li
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" I always strive for freedom: freedom of thought and expression. "
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" I was a total floral hippie as a child so when I finally could make my own choices, I've been living in different black suit jackets and been really drawn to masculine clothes. "
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" I am deeply in tune with my heart and core, and it's made me a better writer, artist, and most of all woman. It's made me more myself. "
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" Being on tour really takes a toll, so you have to find ways to stay healthy. "
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" I'm more old school: I want to be like Keith Richards on stage. It's not interesting to see straight-from-runway clothes slapped on an artist. It's more interesting when you see people who have their own style. "
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" It's a very proactive thing to be dealing with your darkness and getting it out of your system. So it doesn't have to be in your system. "
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" If anything, I want to be seen as a singer-songwriter rather than a pop artist. "
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" I'm always looking for silhouettes that seem 'invisible' to the eye, as in that it's so well-tailored to your body that you won't even notice what you're wearing. It needs to be dramatic in a subtle way. "
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" I was totally romanticizing the idea of Los Angeles when the Doors, Joni Mitchell, and Neil Young were hanging out there. "
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" My favourite festival experience is a show at midnight with the moon blazing and a crowd full of open hearts ready to dance. "
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" I'll always be in some type of turmoil. So what I've tried to do is just surrender to that. "
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" For men, it's about finding the perfect shoe or the perfect pants that will last you through the years. That's how I want to shop: sustainable, classic, great quality. "
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" I want people to have a good time. It's boring only to hear singer/songwriters spilling their guts. "
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" I'm going to be like Benjamin Button; I'm just going to grow younger. I will probably be happy, fat, with kids and looking back and thinking, 'I was such a angry young woman.' "
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" I knew I wanted to be an artist, but I never took music lessons. I was just playing around in front of the mirror and being silly, then suddenly I started making songs. "
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" My dream is to one day just be me and my guitar. I'm working myself to the core. Who am I, underneath everything else? I'm still on that journey, to find that core. "
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" I'm actually a really shy person. I just really enjoy being in studio; I don't go out much. "
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" People comment on how you look; it's so unnecessary. I just wanted people to listen to what I have to say instead of focusing on anything else. "
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" I do everything: I'll have a green juice, then a melted chocolate ice cream. I stay up very late, I get up very early. "
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" I think everything in life comes in threes: heartbreak and all that. You've got to do the full round in order to learn. "
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" I went to 11 different schools. It was a fantastic adventure, but I was incredibly sensitive and needed a bit more stability. "
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" I always feel like I've been slightly misunderstood. As a woman, you get judged for appearances or things like that I don't really care about. "
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" If you take the hard facts of a failed relationship, it's pretty grim. But if you make an album out of it, and if the violins represent all the tears, you create something magical out of something very normal. "
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" I've always been a person that is searching for truth and always wants to go further, deeper. "
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" The music that I listen to is very minimalistic. I listen to a lot of old blues that is just guitar and vocals. "
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" When I was very little, I was into Michael Jackson. At six or seven, it was Madonna, but she's not what she used to be. I've been into everything from Edith Piaf to Joe Strummer to the Velvet Underground to Suicide to A Tribe Called Quest to African music. "
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" Driving, for me, means power and freedom. The feeling that I can go anywhere I want at any time is exhilarating. "
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" It's amazing, coconut oil. I use it as a moisturizer. I put it in my hair when I want a kind of greasy look. I take off my makeup with it. I put a little bit in my coffee. I have coconut oil with everything. "
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