Jens Lekman Quotes
It's good to let go of control. That's probably something all artists and song writers will say at some point.
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The hardest thing in the world for a writer is to amass a readership. So many good books come out, and so many good books disappear.
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Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song.
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My coach is pushing me harder than ever to make sure I stay at a good level.
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If you love attention and have a pretty decent voice, that's a pretty good combination.
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It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
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The good news is that parents are the leading influence on kids' decision not to drink alcohol.
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I think fashion is actually very good training for being in the tech world, because it's all about moving on to the next thing, looking for the next thing, not getting stuck in the past.
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I get so excited when a song I wrote that's very personal to me goes No. 1 and I look down and see people singing the words back to me.
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At the same time we are aware that our various religions and ethical traditions often offer very different bases for what is helpful and what is unhelpful for men and women, what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil.
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Our contribution purely depends on our consciousness and our willingness to support those in need, to show vulnerability and accept the support of others, to share without expecting the credit, to give it our all and allow our hard work to decide the outcome, to understand that control can only be achieved with a shared responsibility.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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Everybody wants you to do good things, but in a small town you pretty much graduate and get married. Mostly you marry, have children and go to their football games.
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The first album I ever bought with my own money was 'Ten.' Every single song reminds me of my childhood.
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As much as I enjoy traveling and playing on stage as an artist, I really find my true sense of purpose in a room writing a song.
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I wanted to make good records. But my problem is I've got a low boredom threshold, so I wanted it to look and sound different with each album, which is really tantamount to suicide, cause people lose it, they lose it - they say: 'I like that, and that's not this.'
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We Germans should know that we're good at constructing cars, and we have a lot of good qualities. But we're not the funniest.
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I think I have a big fear of things spiraling out of control. Out of control and dangerous and reckless and thoughtless scares me, because people get hurt.
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That's where the good ideas come from: the people, not the boardroom. But you have to be willing to put in the legwork.
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When you write what you know, you stay in control. One of the first things I encourage my writing students to do is to lose control - say what they want to say, break structure.
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The sun would come up over the ocean, and we'd be eating scrambled eggs before we shot some stuff. It was a vacation in the sense that it was the best working conditions.
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I think that Phil Kaufman is one of the best directors that I have come across.
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I don't dress any particular way to impress anyone or market myself for my music. It's actually who I am.
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It's good to let go of control. That's probably something all artists and song writers will say at some point.
