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“Contemporary Swedish artists that chose Swedish as their language tended to sing about certain topics and use words I wanted to avoid.” quote by Jens Lekman — Download Open image

“Contemporary Swedish artists that chose Swedish as their language tended to sing about certain topics and use words I wanted to avoid.”

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I think there are definitely a lot of subjects I don't share with people, but I'm not sure where that border is.

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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…

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I became paranoid for a long time: I thought that people were out to harm me.

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Making albums is a very lonely process sometimes. Sitting around working on songs, feeling the pressure.

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I've always been interested in listening to people's stories.

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