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Jens Lekman Quotes

Swedish - Musician | February 6, 1981 -

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

Time People Me Thought Long Out

A lot of my songs are written prophetically: I write something, and then I make it happen.

Make It Happen Write Happen Something

I have mood swings, but I'm sure people in England have that, too. Me and my friends, we're just a bunch of happy idiots.

Happy People Me Friends Mood Idiots

I like telling stories with a sense of humor. But humor can also distance you from the subject you're writing about. I'm interested in using humor as a portal to something a bit more serious.

Humor Writing You Sense Of Humor

Any band that doesn't have a sense of humor has a little bit of a problem.

Humor Problem Sense Of Humor Band

I have this part in myself that sometimes gets me into situations that can never end well, just because I want to prove to myself that I'm no good.

Good Myself Me End Sometimes Want

The way to write really good songs is to write about the things that happen in your life and where you are in the moment, and writing about stuff that happens in your 30s is not the sexiest song subject.

Life Good Moment Writing Song You

It was never part of how I imagined my music, and I watched in awe at how this ukulele troubadour image suddenly devoured the Jens Lekman I had planned so carefully.

Music Never Awe Image Planned How

I think sometimes when I sit down to write a song, it doesn't come out naturally, but when you are writing an email to someone, especially if you are writing to a stranger, you write much more spontaneously, and it's freer.

Writing Song Think Someone You Down

A lot of people would write to me long stories from their lives, and I felt they were thinking of me as some sort of treasure chest to keep their secrets. I felt like sometimes they would tell me stories they wouldn't tell anybody else in the whole world. And I loved these stories.

People Me World Thinking Loved Long

I think when you get into your 30s, you start to realize all of the patterns you have in your life and all of the stuff that you're avoiding. It's a terribly unsung period in people's lives. I can't think about many artists who have sung about it, because it's so not sexy.

Life People Start Think Sexy You

I realized that even though I had this urge, this longing, to write about other people, in order for it to be emotionally gripping, I needed to be in there somehow.

People Write Order Longing Even

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