36 Quotes by Agnes Obel

The best thing about Berlin was that I got to be surrounded by people who pursue their ideas for themselves.

Feelings such as loneliness, longing or love are sometimes hard to put into words; maybe that's why we all love music, because it resonates with something we can't share.

I love Denmark. But it is a very safe place, and it is easy to let the state look after everything for you.

When I started working on my own music, I didn't have the chance to record in a big music studio, so I had to record everything myself.

I really believe it's not bad to look back within music. I don't mean retro, but using your own memories to make a song because our memories are what make us who we are.

I don't have the feeling of being motivated by anger, revenge or frustration.

Sometimes I feel like a melody doesn't have anything to do with me, but it's just something that comes, is accumulated from me playing on the piano, and then this little creature just appears.

Even though music is something I travel around doing, it is also a very private thing. A sort of escapism.

I learned that music should be fun and should be a way to express yourself - that there arent really any rules.