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“The best thing about Berlin was that I got to be surrounded by people who pursue their ideas for themselves.” quote by Agnes Obel — Download Open image

“The best thing about Berlin was that I got to be surrounded by people who pursue their ideas for themselves.”

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There was a band very early on in our class, and I played in that band and as a teenager, I continued. It was more from my own relationship with the instruments at this time, figuring out the instrument and then having to learn different pieces that I really got into music. I really discovered the almost transcending power of…

Sometimes I feel like a melody doesn't have anything to do with me, but it's just something that comes, is accumulated from me playing…

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With 'Philharmonics,' I had to do a lot of interviews, and it was like I was corrupting something. In many ways, I've said everything…

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I love Denmark. But it is a very safe place, and it is easy to let the state look after everything for you.

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I don't have a classical-music mentality. I haven't been taught that way, and it doesn't fit my character, either.

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I really believe it's not bad to look back within music. I don't mean retro, but using your own memories to make a song…

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On the last album, I didn't want to disturb the melody with too many stories. This time, I wanted to know if I was able to create images with words, with the sound of words.(...) I think that’s a good thing when the one who is listening, is feeling it in a different way that the one who creates. We…

I don't have a daily routine at all.

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It's always difficult to know if a song needs more than piano, and I worry about my tendency to go in a sparse direction.

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My parents were very relaxed about music.

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What I discovered in Berlin was this immense freedom because it felt like you could start any kind of project and nobody would care...…

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I love the conversation between film and music.

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