Tove Lo

I'm always exhausted after a show, even if it's just half an hour.

— Tove Lo

I was big into grunge, like Nirvana and Hole, when I was younger, which has been a really huge inspiration because of…

— Tove Lo

I knew when I went to a very hippie high school that focused on music that I wanted to do something in…

— Tove Lo

I like the fact that a lot of people get to hear the music and I love performing with people cheering you…

— Tove Lo

We lived by the water, and I was a pretty normal kid until my teenage years; then I dyed my hair pink…

— Tove Lo

My main inspirations are the people around me, heartbreaks, frustration and everything that makes you feel stronger than you should.

— Tove Lo

For me, everything that you're passionate about always comes with a little pain. That's how life is, and that's how I want…

— Tove Lo

I started to use music almost like a therapist, where it's like, everything that I don't really dare to say or speak…

— Tove Lo

I find it really cool when people have this artist persona they can put on. They can go out and act like…

— Tove Lo

Your gone and I gotta stay high all the time to keep you off my mind I spend my days locked ina…

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I would never agree to sing something I didn't feel was 100% me.

— Tove Lo

There are some nights where I don't get enough sleep, or we're traveling a lot. And then I'll go do a radio…

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Writing the songs is always emotional and most of the vocals on there are the first three takes from the demos, because…

— Tove Lo

Singing gives me a lot of energy.

— Tove Lo

I've had a love/hate relationship with performing. I was an attention seeker as a kid, doing all this stupid stuff to get…

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I've had to learn how to say no to things, and have people around me that don't push me too hard, because…

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A lot of times, I get asked, 'Do you feel you have a responsibility to young girls to be a role model?'…

— Tove Lo

I want the feeling where you don't really know what to do with yourself - in the vocals, in the production. Everything.

— Tove Lo

When I play a song for someone the first time, if I make 'em laugh, I think, 'Yes, I've succeeded.'

— Tove Lo

I've always liked music that has a darker vein to it. I come from such a safe upbringing - very stable, classic…

— Tove Lo

I'm from a fancy, well-raised background. We were very well-behaved and not allowed to swear. It's the kind of place where people…

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The first album that I bought was the Nirvana 'MTV Unplugged in New York' album.

— Tove Lo

A rock star is expected to act like a mess, sound like a mess and look like a mess. People don't expect…

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I can't live just being content. I can't have a routine. I can't be settled because then I just get really frustrated.

— Tove Lo

I was always drawn to the self-destructive kind of way. I thought there was something beautiful about it; I don't know why.

— Tove Lo