Jens Lekman Quotes

One of the nice things about songwriting is you can be inspired by absolutely anything.

Jens Lekman

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I think of other artists as generous when I get inspired by their work. That's why I like curating. You don't want to take someone else's art and have your way with it. You've got to be respectful of them.

Nate Lowman
- Work
- Why
- Art
The records that I grew up listening to had feel, and the drummers that inspired me - like Stewart Copeland, Neil Peart, Phil Collins and Roger Taylor - all had their own voice and individual style.

Taylor Hawkins Foo Fighters
- Up
- Me
- Style
Where you record is very important. It can't be too nice, it can't be too expensive, it can't have a view to an ocean or a field.

Madonna Breakfast Club
- Important
- Nice
- Ocean
I had no student friends to talk to about literature. My tutor was a really nice man, very charming - but he had no literary judgment.

V. S. Naipaul
- Friends
- Man
- Nice
I worked with Stanley Kubrick for almost a year back in 1990, trying to develop the screen story for his project 'Artificial Intelligence,' which is about a robot boy who wishes to become a real boy, a future scientific fairy tale inspired in the myth of Pinocchio.

Ian Watson
- Real
- Trying
- Future
Just to go into a shop without getting stared at would be nice. I mean, I don't walk around like, 'Oh, I'm trying to be famous' - I try to lead as normal a life as possible - but sometimes it's annoying. It's fine; it's not a massive problem, but sometimes it's just a bit uncomfortable.

Kate Moss
- Life
- Trying
- Nice