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" I don't live anywhere. I have always dreamed of moving out of my country because Sweden is boring. "
Lykke Li
Live
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Always
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" The profession I have keeps dragging me into drama and taking me away from baking, flowering and gardening. "
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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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" I will never get to Lady Gaga's status. That's not something I want. "
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" I'm from Sweden, so I don't enjoy winter at all; there's nothing cute about it. "
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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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" I honestly kind of hate shopping. My favorite places to shop are rich old lady consignment stores. "
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" Most things in life come as a surprise. "
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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 not so interested in being indie just for the sake of being indie. "
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" It's the ultimate task to do something stripped back, so you're not hiding behind anything. "
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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 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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" Mum is a photographer, and Dad does world music and plays almost every instrument except for drums. "
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" I think pop culture underestimates people. The message is, 'Being yourself is the worst thing you could possibly be.' But people are still attracted to it. "
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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. "
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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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Music
" 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 always strive for freedom: freedom of thought and expression. "
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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 lived five years in Portugal and then spent winters in Nepal or India. "
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" If you're being ignored, that's a good time to concentrate on finding yourself and creating your own mystery. "
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" I'm just not interested in getting judged or getting people to love me. Being seen and taking my photo and having to follow this schedule all the time, I don't enjoy it. "
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" I don't think Neil Young has a beautiful voice, but it's something that grabs you, and the songs are so good. "
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" During the day, I don't wear much makeup; I only put on makeup for the show. "
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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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" It's in every person's life, around 27 to 29 years old, the stars and the planets align themselves to exactly the way they were when you were born. You're faced with yourself. There's no running away. "
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" Touring is really about being on edge the whole time - you're like a racing horse: you've just got to be on. You've got to pull it together. "
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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 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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