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" When I was a kid, I had a period in my life when I was eight or nine when I was so scared of dying that I wouldn't go out of our house for a whole year. I refused to step out of the door because I thought something would happen. I had all these compulsive thoughts or whatever, and my head was really messed up. "

Jens Lekman

My Life

Kid

Door

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Idiots

Mood

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" Really, to me, a really good evening would be a comedian, followed by a band, followed by a really good DJ. "

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Really

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" I feel like the few times in my life when I really felt like I love my own story is when I've been the happiest. "

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Place

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