Jens Lekman Quotes
I start writing songs first as an entertainer, and I like funny stories that wrap up with dignity.
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But I like going to church. If you've been brought up in the Church of England, it feels like visiting an elderly relative. And I think it's important that part of the kids' education is knowing about the Bible.
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Ricky Martin is one of the artists I wanted to be growing up.
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I wrote 'Criminal' in 45 minutes when everyone else went to lunch because I had to have a hit. I can force myself to do the work, but only if someone is right up behind me.
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I still call Texas home. It is where I spent most of my life growing up.
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Over and over I'm on the point of giving it up.
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Education is a way of empowering people; it opens up so many doors and is fundamental to everybody. And teachers are not often appreciated in the way that they should be.
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I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.
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One of the first things I picked up when I was very, very young out of a record store was work from Peter Saville - the early things he used to do for Factory Records.
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Humor has to surprise us; otherwise, it isn't funny. It's a death knell for a writer to be labeled a humorist because then it's not a surprise anymore.
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Award shows, like the Grammys, were tough on us early in hip-hop, not even televising our categories or splitting them up on best male or female or any of that. We had to earn them.
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Every little girl looks up to her mom so much - that's your first hero.
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I don't consider Los Angeles home anymore; ultimately, it was pretty negative, but I did spend my formative years in the Valley and all around L.A. proper. Through my teenage years and into my young adulthood, up until the age of 30, I spent a good amount of time there.
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Successful people make money. It's not that people who make money become successful, but that successful people attract money. They bring success to what they do.
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There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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My boy cousins used to sit my older brother and me down and take us through a film-studies course. It included 'Tremors', 'The Goonies', and, of course, 'Star Wars'. That was when it began: sitting cross-legged watching as the opening crawl goes up the screen.
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I didn't necessarily have a total idea when I was writing the movie of where everything was going. I just wanted to have really realistic dialogue and write like people I knew talked. I tried to keep it very real.
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I love wearing my hair curly, but turning the curling iron all the way up creates curls that look really made up and artificial.
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I tried to play sports, which was a disaster and probably one of the reasons I ended up being an actress.
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Reading isn't about managing expectations. In certain ways, writing is. You're trying to send signals early in a book about what might be coming later, but I think worrying about the kind of chatter around a book is something I try and stay as far away from when I'm reading.
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I've been fortunate to be short my entire life. There's only one position I've ever had to play, and that's point guard. So I've always had to be that leader. And that was my job: you know, to talk.
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I am extremely devoted to Amazon Prime - which offers speedier free deliveries, free movie streaming and other benefits for an annual fee - but I don't think it is great for groceries.
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I was putting forward too much of myself when I was singing.
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Appellate review is not a magic wand and we undermine public confidence in the judicial process when we make it look like it is.
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I start writing songs first as an entertainer, and I like funny stories that wrap up with dignity.
