Swedish - Musician | February 6, 1981 -
I've always been interested in listening to people's stories.
Jens Lekman
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I feel like it's my responsibility not to leave the listener in a pool of dread.
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I wouldn't write about something that I haven't experienced myself.
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I think it's because Toronto is the Gothenburg of Canada, with the trends and the music and everything. I feel very at home when I'm there. Everyone has always been so kind to me.
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I had a drummer in my band who started teaching me tricks to come up with interesting rhythms. Because I don't come from a musical background, I've never studied music, and I don't know music theory at all, so a lot of stuff I discover on my own are things students would learn in the first grade of music.
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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.
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I think it's healthy that people that work in a creative field look for inspiration in a different creative field.
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There's so much nostalgia for music from the past.
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I don't want music to be a museum.
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One of the nice things about songwriting is you can be inspired by absolutely anything.
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Summer is always best through a window.
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I start writing songs first as an entertainer, and I like funny stories that wrap up with dignity.
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