Jens Lekman Quotes
It's weird talking about the album as a living being with its own thoughts and direction, especially if you're the one creating it.
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When you like something and you're pretty good at it and you can make a living doing it, you don't ask why. You just count your blessings and go with it.
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I was 47 when I got pregnant. I'd been trying for a couple of years and thought it would never happen.
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A 'philosophical dictionary' is not a dictionary of philosophy that you use to look up obscure thinkers or recondite terms. It is a collection of brief and pithy essays on diverse topics, informed by one vision, and usually arranged in alphabetical order.
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I never pursued being 'famous.'
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Bondage is - subjection to external influences and internal negative thoughts and attitudes.
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Less make-up is better, and it's always better to let your natural beauty shine. Essentially, be happy with your appearance.
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This town was built on nepotism.
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My goal when I make my show is to make a show for women. I don't make a show for men.
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Music is almost like a therapy for me. It helps keep me centered and think straight. Before I discovered it, I was walking around, and it felt like there were 25 extra pounds of gravity on my shoulders. It's like you're mute or something.
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I'm less interested in how people are following each other and more interested in how they are following topics and tweets themselves. People are following more key words and concepts and more ideas and acting on those rather than individuals or organizations.
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I just take it one day at a time. Austin Powers has given me a lot of opportunities as far as my career.
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With all the chaos, pain and suffering in the world, the fact that my adoption of a child from who was living in an orphanage, you know, was the number one story for a week in the world. To me, that says more about our inability to focus on the real problems.
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I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.
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Acting was something I had to do.
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Your subconscious's goal is to recreate unresolved childhood issues and then hopefully mend them.
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'Limbo' has been one of the greatest hits of my career. A great response all over the world, not just Latinos but people in Europe and America.
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I came up not understanding that a lot of people didn't start to hear music until they went to college or were turned on by an older brother or sister.
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Dance connects us to the musicality of life and to one another. No one should be denied such basic pleasures.
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When my father came out on stage wearing a big cowboy hat and a shirt lettered 'Bar Mitzvah Ranch' to sing 'Home on the Range' in Yiddish, it was his way of saying, 'I want to be an American.'
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The first time I toured with the 'Large Band' in 1988, I got so tired. If I just stood still anywhere, I could go to sleep. I was that tired. But I had to perform. And I did, and after that tour, I was much less fretful about going out onstage.
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There is nothing wrong with a woman encouraging a man's advances, as long as they are in cash.
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I didn't want to say "No" because I didn't want people to think I'm not nice. And that, to me, has been the greatest lesson of my life: to recognize that I am solely responsible for it, and not trying to please other people, and not living my life to please other people, but doing what my heart says all the time.
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It's very important to have the right clothing to exercise in. If you throw on an old T-shirt or sweats, it's not inspiring for your workout.
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It's weird talking about the album as a living being with its own thoughts and direction, especially if you're the one creating it.
