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" Sometimes when I write songs, I don't know what they're about, and it just suddenly comes to me. "
Lykke Li
Write
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Know
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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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" 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 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 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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" I want people to have a good time. It's boring only to hear singer/songwriters spilling their guts. "
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" I will grab any opportunity I can to learn something new. "
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" The first thing you do when you get off tour is let off some steam and, you know, have some type of big breakdown. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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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" I'm not so interested in being indie just for the sake of being indie. "
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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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" 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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" When I play, I'm so in the moment that I can't really remember what happened afterwards. It's a rare experience for a thinking person like me. "
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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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" I will never get to Lady Gaga's status. That's not something I want. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" During the day, I don't wear much makeup; I only put on makeup for the show. "
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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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" The profession I have keeps dragging me into drama and taking me away from baking, flowering and gardening. "
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" I'm interested in a lot of different sounds and types of music. "
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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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" 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. "
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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 went to 11 different schools. It was a fantastic adventure, but I was incredibly sensitive and needed a bit more stability. "
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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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" 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. "
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