Quotes About Expression

Books don't need to be published," Lars Högström said. "The main thing is that they should be written.

Men have periods, too... they just dont bleed.

When I play live, it's a conversation that we're all having with the song, and the audience... their response and relationship with the songs is as valid as my relationship with the songs.

People listen to music the way they want to listen to music.

If I was writing songs just for me I'd only play them in my living room, alone.

I don't see music as working.

Music is always a reflection of what's going on in the hearts and minds of the culture.

I've got tonnes of aboriginal and Native American art, but I'd like even more.

Well, I have a lot of food references in my work.

Musically, I always allow myself to jump off of cliffs. At least that's what it feels like to me. Whether that's what it actually sounds like might depend on what the listener brings to the songs.

A guitarist or a drummer can get a cold and still play; I get a cold and sound like a wet mitten trying to sing you a love song. Charming.

He said, first let's just unzip your religion down.

We don't often see our own stories. Good artists are the ones that whisper our own stories back to us.

Containment of your opinion is a must if you are going to nurture an artist's development

I know now that my avatar all along has been closer to Lisa Simpson than anyone else.

This is not your standard rock star's I-was-born-a-poor-genius self-deification, nor is it the opposite

The songs don't spring whole into existence; they are built.

Some of the most wonderful people are the ones who don`t fit into boxes.

I have so many different personalities in me and I still feel lonely.

Although I am basically self taught, I consider Debussy my teacher - the most important elements are colour, light and shadow.

Many contemporary composers have been building walls of sounds following their own clever devices. But then, who lives inside those rooms?

Even though no one else cares for my poems, I have to write them because it dulls the sorrow and longing in my heart.

Jeg har skrevet hele mit liv og nærer en romantisk drøm om at dø midt i en sætning.

Engang vil jeg skrive alle de ord ned, der gennemstrømmer mig. Engang skal andre mennesker læse dem i en bog og undre sig over, at en pige alligevel kunne blive digter.