Lykke Li

For you I keep my legs apart and forget about my tainted heart.

— Lykke Li

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

— Lykke Li

Like a shotgun needs an outcome. I'm your prostitute, you gon' get some.

— Lykke Li

Most things in life come as a surprise.

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I do it live on tape with a band. It's not like I'm doing electronic music with a laptop.

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Be the ocean where unravel. Be my only, be the water and I'm wading. You're my river running high, run deep run…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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

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I am deeply in tune with my heart and core, and it's made me a better writer, artist, and most of all…

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I can cry myself to sleep because I'm not as great as Leonard Cohen, but who cares? Maybe you can't be as…

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My whole art is based on escaping life and reality, which might not the best tendency to have when you're trying to…

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I hung out with some crazy desert people. One guy was just walking around with only shorts on - he'd been walking…

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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…

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I hate the fact you always feel like you have to be going somewhere, like the end destination is to be finished,…

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It's not a very sane thing to try to be great all the time. You want to make something magical; you want…

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I'm a really restless person; I'm tired of the way I sounded or looked yesterday. So it's hard to hang onto this…

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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…

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Music and fashion are a sign of the times and a reflection of what people want and need at this very day…

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I'm from Sweden, so I don't enjoy winter at all; there's nothing cute about it.

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Mum is a photographer, and Dad does world music and plays almost every instrument except for drums.

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Hands down I'm too proud for love but with eyes shut it's you I'm thinking of but how we move from A…

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I don't love all hip-hop, but I do relate to stuff like early Nas, 2Pac, Biggie, and MF Doom because they're also…

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I dove into the craziness and did things that maybe I would think twice about when I get older.

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It's not about being a sex prostitute. It's about this power play in the war of the sexes. It's a rat race,…

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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…

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Go ahead, go way low, where I can do no harm. Go ahead, go way low in my honey lovin' arms.

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Еhe older you get, the more baggage you have, and the harder it is to just split.

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Don't pull your pants before I go down. Don't turn away, this is my time. Don't make demands, I don't take none…

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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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So tell me when you hear my heart stop, you're the only one who knows. Tell me when you hear my silence.…

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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 am such a complex person. I have so many different layers of my personality to choose from. I am super-sensitive, and…

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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…

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I was totally romanticizing the idea of Los Angeles when the Doors, Joni Mitchell, and Neil Young were hanging out there.

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I'm hanging around until it's all done, You can't keep me back once I had some.

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After you've been wounded a few times, it's hard to let somebody get that deep again.

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

— Lykke Li