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" I want people to have a good time. It's boring only to hear singer/songwriters spilling their guts. "
Lykke Li
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" The first tape I got was Madonna's 'Immaculate Collection.' I'm inspired by the way she started from nothing and didn't have a big musical talent, but had a big dream. "
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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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" 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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" During the day, I don't wear much makeup; I only put on makeup for the show. "
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" I'm interested in a lot of different sounds and types of music. "
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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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" 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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" Being on tour really takes a toll, so you have to find ways to stay healthy. "
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" Where I've been hasn't influenced my music. It's more what I listen to. You can find music everywhere, so moving hasn't really influenced my music, more me as a person. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" I'm not so interested in being indie just for the sake of being indie. "
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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'll always be in some type of turmoil. So what I've tried to do is just surrender to that. "
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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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" The profession I have keeps dragging me into drama and taking me away from baking, flowering and gardening. "
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" I'm a very melancholic kind of person. I don't know why; I think certain people are born a certain way. "
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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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You
People
" Most things in life come as a surprise. "
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" I struggle with myself every day - I am a lonesome person. I talk to my family - and I connect to some people deeply along the way - but I am a restless soul. Singing is the most immediate relief. "
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" It's important that the way you dress tells a story and reveals something about you and your philosophy. "
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" I'm a vagabond. I live out of one suitcase. I feel very comfortable in black. I feel very uncomfortable in anything else than black. "
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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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" I felt such a deep connection with dolphins. I felt like they were the only ones who understood me. "
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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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" I am such a complex person. I have so many different layers of my personality to choose from. I am super-sensitive, and I am super-strong. "
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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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" My favorite thing in the world is to have just a big dinner with friends and just sit and talk about their life and their difficulties and all of that. "
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