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" I really believe it's not bad to look back within music. I don't mean retro, but using your own memories to make a song because our memories are what make us who we are. "
Agnes Obel
Music
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" Everything that has a spare piano is 'like Satie' and everything with strings is 'filmic,' Sometimes I get annoyed when they say my stuff sounds 'like Satie'. No, it doesn't. At least, I don't think so. "
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" Feelings such as loneliness, longing or love are sometimes hard to put into words; maybe that's why we all love music, because it resonates with something we can't share. "
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" With 'Philharmonics,' I had to do a lot of interviews, and it was like I was corrupting something. In many ways, I've said everything in the song. And either I can't go back to what it was because it's changing when I play it, or I still haven't figured out what the song is about. "
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" When I started working on my own music, I didn't have the chance to record in a big music studio, so I had to record everything myself. "
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" The piano and the singing are two equal things to me - maybe not inseparable but very connected. You can say they are like two equal voices. "
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" I don't have the feeling of being motivated by anger, revenge or frustration. "
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" Even though music is something I travel around doing, it is also a very private thing. A sort of escapism. "
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" I learned that music should be fun and should be a way to express yourself - that there aren't really any rules. "
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" It's always difficult to know if a song needs more than piano, and I worry about my tendency to go in a sparse direction. "
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" I don't have a classical-music mentality. I haven't been taught that way, and it doesn't fit my character, either. "
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Taught
Mentality
" The orchestral or symphonic music never interested me. "
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Music
Never
" I love Denmark. But it is a very safe place, and it is easy to let the state look after everything for you. "
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Easy
Look
" I have a difficult relationship with jazz. My parents really love it, and I went to a school where jazz was considered the best thing ever, so I had to leave it be for a long time. But now I'm rediscovering it. I'm approaching jazz in a different way. "
Agnes Obel
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School
Best
" I'm not into having a pedigree dog. "
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Pedigree
Dog
Having
" I don't have a daily routine at all. "
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Routine
Daily
" My parents were very relaxed about music. "
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Me
Little
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