Jens Lekman Quotes
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I don't want music to be a museum.
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Really, to me, a really good evening would be a comedian, followed by a band, followed by a really good DJ.
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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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This is one of the reasons I'm so interested in stories. Because everyone has a story in their life, and when their story doesn't make sense, that's when we get depressed, I think.
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There's so much nostalgia for music from the past.
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I wouldn't write about something that I haven't experienced myself.
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I've never felt at home in Kortedala, or in Gothenburg, so I always felt like I needed to go somewhere and find some kind of perspective on things.
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It was never part of how I imagined my music, and I watched in awe at how this ukulele troubadour image suddenly devoured the Jens Lekman I had planned so carefully.
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I feel like the few times in my life when I really felt like I love my own story is when I've been the happiest.
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The 'sent' folder of my email program is really my biggest inspiration and my biggest source of lyrics. That's where I go to pick up a lot of the lyrics that I'm writing.
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I've established a certain voice over my albums. It can be an obstacle, but in the end, I think it's a strength, because I can build upon that voice, which is ultimately very much mine.
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My aim is for every song to have a purpose - for you to be able to say, 'This song is about this.' But love and heartbreak are some of the most abstract subjects.
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When I was working on 'Night Falls Over Kortedala,' I was listening a lot to 'Graceland,' the Paul Simon record. I really got into the lyrics on that album. The opening line is so brilliant, the way he sets the scene.
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The whole thing with playing on a stage with mics and all that has always been kind of uncomfortable to me.
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'Postcards' was just a way of slapping myself in the face and saying, 'You can do anything! Just go for it!'
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When you're writing about difficult things and darker issues, it's nice to offer some sort of light at the end of the tunnel. Some sense of hope. Sometimes, the best way to do that is by offering it in the music, so that you can dance your way out of the darkness.
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I need to write a sitcom, but something with warmth, not one where the dad comes home and he's treated like an idiot.
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I still love touring rock clubs around the world, and that's something that's really a part of me. I love making albums, and I'm a wedding singer on the side; that's my parallel career. So I love all those aspects of making music.
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Nirvana was a band that led you somewhere, as opposed to all the grunge bands that began and ended with themselves.
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I like short beards. Not a big fan of the bigger beards.
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I don't like irony and sarcasm very much. But I do like it when you think someone is telling you a joke, and then you discover it's serious.
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I struggled with a lot of doubts around my songwriting and around what I was and what my purpose and mission were.
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I really love the idea of stepping into another character and being able to sing maybe stuff that is not my thought and my own opinions, but be able to portray someone else and take a walk in their shoes for a while.
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Christmas music is usually more concentrated pop music in a way. It's meant to make us feel good, and it's meant to make us like we belong somewhere.