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I love pouring my heart out. People don't want to hear you whine when you're with friends, so you can sing about it instead - it's the best outlet.
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If you're being ignored, that's a good time to concentrate on finding yourself and creating your own mystery.
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It's in every person's life, around 27 to 29 years old, the stars and the planets align themselves to exactly the way they were when you were born. You're faced with yourself. There's no running away.
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I'm a very melancholic kind of person. I don't know why; I think certain people are born a certain way.
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I always strive for freedom: freedom of thought and expression.
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I don't feel Swedish. In fact, my father tells me to get out of here as soon as I can.
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I'm interested in a lot of different sounds and types of music.
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I'll always be in some type of turmoil. So what I've tried to do is just surrender to that.
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I struggle with myself every day - I am a lonesome person. I talk to my family - and I connect to some people deeply along the way - but I am a restless soul. Singing is the most immediate relief.
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I love listening to demos. They're so raw.
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I don't necessarily love all the collaborations that I've done; the more I work with other people, the more I realize that I want to work with myself.
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I'm going to be like Benjamin Button; I'm just going to grow younger. I will probably be happy, fat, with kids and looking back and thinking, 'I was such a angry young woman.'
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I'm more old school: I want to be like Keith Richards on stage. It's not interesting to see straight-from-runway clothes slapped on an artist. It's more interesting when you see people who have their own style.
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I was 21 and homeless - such a broken, lost woman.
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The first tape I got was Madonna's 'Immaculate Collection.' I'm inspired by the way she started from nothing and didn't have a big musical talent, but had a big dream.
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Being on tour really takes a toll, so you have to find ways to stay healthy.
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I think pop culture underestimates people. The message is, 'Being yourself is the worst thing you could possibly be.' But people are still attracted to it.
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I'm actually a really shy person. I just really enjoy being in studio; I don't go out much.
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Some people watch comedy to relax. I watch '21 Grams.' I can recognize sadness and tragedy really easily because it's been with me forever.
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I am such a complex person. I have so many different layers of my personality to choose from. I am super-sensitive, and I am super-strong.
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It's the ultimate task to do something stripped back, so you're not hiding behind anything.
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I don't live anywhere. I have always dreamed of moving out of my country because Sweden is boring.
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I don't want to break someone's heart, but you can't control that. A broken heart happens; that's inevitable.
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It's a very proactive thing to be dealing with your darkness and getting it out of your system. So it doesn't have to be in your system.