Song Quotes by Lykke Li

12 Song quotes by Lykke Li

Lykke Li's take on songs feels like a whispered confession in a dimly lit studio. Though just twelve entries, each line offers a glimpse into how she lets emotion guide her lyricism.

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

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I'm interested in a lot of different sounds and types of music.

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I want people to have a good time. Its boring only to hear singer/songwriters spilling their guts.

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

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I know that I'm dealing with some kind of wound through my music.

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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…

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If you take the hard facts of a failed relationship, it's pretty grim. But if you make an album out of it,…

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I remember watching films in my teenage years, and you'd be in love with Leonardo DiCaprio, and then a song would come…

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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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I want to do a stripped-down album. That style is actually where my heart is - storytelling and just letting the voice…

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I was going on this desert adventure with some friends and we were like, "How amazing would it be to just drag…

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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.

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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 woman. It's…

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It's the ultimate task to do something stripped back, so you're not hiding behind anything.

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I've always been a person that is searching for truth and always wants to go further, deeper.

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I always strive for freedom: freedom of thought and expression.

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

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