Swedish - Musician | February 6, 1981 -
Sometimes you have to burn yourself to the ground before you can rise like a phoenix from the ashes.
Jens Lekman
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I'm very very happy for my hardships and misfortunes: they build character and make you a better person. Even if I think it's something you have to carry with you, it's definitely something that makes you more empathic towards other people, makes you understand people and relationships so much better.
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I don't like irony and sarcasm very much. But I do like it when you think someone is telling you a joke, and then you discover it's serious.
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Hmm... at some point when I was making 'Postcards,' it struck me, what the underlying themes for the record would be. It would be about choices, fears and doubts, and it had an existentialist theme to it.
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What I can't fit into my suitcase is probably something I don't need.
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I realize that 'Postcards' was like input, and 'Ghostwriting' was output. I had all these frustrations and feelings before I did those two projects. 'Postcards' was something that brought new life and creative inspiration into the record, while 'Ghostwriting' was relieving myself.
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I found a favorite chord, which is B flat 7 - that's my favorite chord.
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Of the times that I've been able to overcome a fear, it's been by making it something that I can understand, that I can hold on to - just something that's more tangible.
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I struggled with a lot of doubts around my songwriting and around what I was and what my purpose and mission were.
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When you're writing about difficult things and darker issues, it's nice to offer some sort of light at the end of the tunnel. Some sense of hope. Sometimes, the best way to do that is by offering it in the music, so that you can dance your way out of the darkness.
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Nirvana was a band that led you somewhere, as opposed to all the grunge bands that began and ended with themselves.
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It always feel like people are doing more grown-up things than you are.
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