Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson (Lykke Li) Quotes

I used to get really sick. I would go to the doctor with all these ailments, and they would tell me I needed to be at home. I didn't even really understand what that meant because since I was a baby, I've always been moving, moving, and then touring.

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• In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular.

  

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• I used to get really sick. I would go to the doctor with all these ailments, and they would tell me I needed to be at home. I didn't even really understand what that meant because since I was a baby, I've always been moving, moving, and then touring.

  

  Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson
  • Home
  • Moving
  • Baby