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" 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. "

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" I was always drawn to the self-destructive kind of way. I thought there was something beautiful about it; I don't know why. "

" A lot of times, I get asked, 'Do you feel you have a responsibility to young girls to be a role model?' I don't see that happening as much to guys. I feel like, just because I'm a girl, I'm supposed to take more responsibility? Is that how it works? "

" 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. "

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

" 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've always wanted my music to have that desperation, where you just want to strip your clothes off and run down the highway. I want the feeling where you don't really know what to do with yourself - in the vocals, in the production. Everything. "

" I am an open book, and I'm fine being me: I'm not a perfect person. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When I'm angry, like, if someone gets me really upset, whatever comes into my head, I scream it. "

" The fact is, when you date an artist, you have to know that they're going to sing about you. "

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

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

" The thing that I love about pop music is the simplicity and the directness of it. "

" There are some nights where I don't get enough sleep, or we're traveling a lot. And then I'll go do a radio show, and the DJs are usually so energetic. And they're like, 'Why aren't you excited?' I say, 'I am excited. I'm just Swedish. This is my excited. I can't get to an American excitement level.' "

" I've always liked music that has a darker vein to it. I come from such a safe upbringing - very stable, classic family, everything's nice and good - I was always looking for something different. "

" For me, everything that you're passionate about always comes with a little pain. That's how life is, and that's how I want to live it. I don't want it to be balanced and ordinary. "

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

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

" If you say, 'I listen to pop,' you picture this kind of perfect, colorful, polished song. I want to have that, but when you open it, you see this gritty dark - kind of like dancing your tears away. Disguise the sadness in a pop beat. "

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

" 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. "

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

" When I play a song for someone the first time, if I make 'em laugh, I think, 'Yes, I've succeeded.' "

" 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've had to learn how to say no to things, and have people around me that don't push me too hard, because I'll go until I just crash. I don't have a stop button. "