The fate of a song is often established in the first 15 minutes of writing. — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
I think all the best songs do that: they offer some sort of hope and light in the darkness. — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
A lot of my songs are written prophetically: I write something, and then I make it happen. — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
Vocal arrangements are something I'm working a lot with for the new songs. — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
I grew up in the '90s and remember the lyrics back then were so abstract and open to interpretation. That always drove… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
I find it quite hard to connect with the songs where I portray myself as this clumsy, adorable, love-struck man-child. — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
My aim is for every song to have a purpose - for you to be able to say, 'This song is about… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
Once I release a song, it's not just about me or the people... I write about. They're my stories, but they're not… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
My old songs used to take place in Gothenburg; then, when I lived in Melbourne, the songs just naturally took place more… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
I try and take it for what it is, and I'm very at peace with the fact that when I'm done with… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
When I performed the songs in front of an audience at the end of each project and I knew the storytellers were… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
Some very silly songs can have an almost melancholy feeling when you put it in a different perspective. — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
When I was working on 'Night Falls Over Kortedala,' I was listening a lot to 'Graceland,' the Paul Simon record. I really… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
I had so many songs that were actually sort of finished. And I deleted them. I wrote on my website that I'd… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
I started playing bass in my friend's band for some reason. It was just something I did because, well, he asked me… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
I wanted to write songs about other people because I was sick of myself, basically. I didn't like myself very much. 'Ghostwriting'… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
I think a lot of my songs are very silly and very stupid, written to entertain people, but in the end, I… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
The beauty of the collage technique is that you're using sounds that have never met and were never supposed to meet. You… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
I realize that 'Postcards' was like input, and 'Ghostwriting' was output. I had all these frustrations and feelings before I did those… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
I could've written songs about, for example, the Paris attacks as they happened and have the song out the day after, but… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
Actually, I caught myself thinking that I was hoping for someone to break into my apartment and steal my computer, or a… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
It's good to let go of control. That's probably something all artists and song writers will say at some point. — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
Ever since I started writing music, I've wanted to know what the songs are about and to be able to tell stories. — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
Nirvana was a band that led you somewhere, as opposed to all the grunge bands that began and ended with themselves. — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
I think to find an escape route out of a music industry that is becoming more and more focused on making money. — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
It's weird talking about the album as a living being with its own thoughts and direction, especially if you're the one creating… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
My songs don't deal with locations that specifically, even if there are very specific references to them in there; they're sort of… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
I was trying to actively get away from music, I guess. But I recorded a whole bunch of instrumental piano songs. — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
I make a living from storytelling - if you're a public person and you sing songs about getting married to get a… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
Making albums is a very lonely process sometimes. Sitting around working on songs, feeling the pressure. — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
Family and friends always need to be bigger than your music career, and in that sense, your music will be bigger because… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
Even if I wrote a song about math or animals or whatever, there would still be the question, 'Why did you write… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
I realised that music controls me more than I control music. I had to write songs that were convincing me that things… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
I think all of my songs are either based on personal experience or will be based on personal experience, because I do… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
I kind of like polishing the songs that I'm working on. I'm really working hard on some specific songs. — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
I think there are definitely a lot of subjects I don't share with people, but I'm not sure where that border is. — Jens Lekman Copy Share
When I performed the songs in front of an audience at the end of each project and I knew the storytellers were in the… — Jens Lekman Copy Share
Getting my hair cut is just a very special moment for me. I don't know exactly why, but it's such an intimate, almost religious… — Jens Lekman Copy Share
I must admit that it seems like my mind really reconstructs some things, and in a very - I just know that it seems… — Jens Lekman Copy Share
I've established a certain voice over my albums. It can be an obstacle, but in the end, I think it's a strength, because I… — Jens Lekman Copy Share
Family and friends always need to be bigger than your music career, and in that sense, your music will be bigger because you respect… — Jens Lekman Copy Share
I think when you get into your 30s, you start to realize all of the patterns you have in your life and all of… — Jens Lekman Copy Share
It's not difficult getting into the charts in Sweden. It's a very different musical climate, and in a very good way, I think, because… — Jens Lekman Copy Share
I became paranoid for a long time: I thought that people were out to harm me. — Jens Lekman Copy Share
Making albums is a very lonely process sometimes. Sitting around working on songs, feeling the pressure. — Jens Lekman Copy Share
If you come to the conclusion that there is no conclusion, well, that's a conclusion, too. — Jens Lekman Copy Share
I really think I need to find a home. I don't know if that includes a girlfriend or not, but first I need to… — Jens Lekman Copy Share
I was trying to actively get away from music, I guess. But I recorded a whole bunch of instrumental piano songs. — Jens Lekman Copy Share
