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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'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. "

Lykke Li

Body

Way

Looking

" 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. "

" I want people to have a good time. It's boring only to hear singer/songwriters spilling their guts. "

" I honestly kind of hate shopping. My favorite places to shop are rich old lady consignment stores. "

" 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. "

" Driving, for me, means power and freedom. The feeling that I can go anywhere I want at any time is exhilarating. "

" If anything, I want to be seen as a singer-songwriter rather than a pop artist. "

" 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. "

" I used to get really sick. I would go to the doctor with all these ailments, and they would tell me I needed to be at home. I didn't even really understand what that meant because since I was a baby, I've always been moving, moving, and then touring. "

" You can become quite blase, and also, I have no sense of home; I don't have roots. I've never had that feeling that someone else is going to take care of me, ever. I don't trust people. "

" 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.' "

" The profession I have keeps dragging me into drama and taking me away from baking, flowering and gardening. "

" I felt such a deep connection with dolphins. I felt like they were the only ones who understood me. "

Lykke Li

Dolphins

Connection

" I don't want to break someone's heart, but you can't control that. A broken heart happens; that's inevitable. "

" Most things in life come as a surprise. "

" Some people watch comedy to relax. I watch '21 Grams.' I can recognize sadness and tragedy really easily because it's been with me forever. "

Lykke Li

Comedy

People

" The thing is, if you're in this world, you have to do things for yourself, not for others, because everyone will judge you for anything. "

" Sometimes when I write songs, I don't know what they're about, and it just suddenly comes to me. "

" Being on tour really takes a toll, so you have to find ways to stay healthy. "

" 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. "

Lykke Li

You

Woman

" 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. "

" I went to 11 different schools. It was a fantastic adventure, but I was incredibly sensitive and needed a bit more stability. "

Lykke Li

Stability

Different

" I'm a very melancholic kind of person. I don't know why; I think certain people are born a certain way. "

" I was 21 and homeless - such a broken, lost woman. "

" I'm not so interested in being indie just for the sake of being indie. "

" 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. "

" The music that I listen to is very minimalistic. I listen to a lot of old blues that is just guitar and vocals. "

" 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. "

" I don't relate to the 'Twilight' books or movies at all, but I'm obsessed with it as a pop culture phenomenon - all these people just screaming like it was the Beatles. "

Lykke Li

People

Twilight

" I don't think Neil Young has a beautiful voice, but it's something that grabs you, and the songs are so good. "