100 Quotes by Jens Lekman

I have a very nice voice.

I think a lot of my songs are very silly and very stupid, written to entertain people, but in the end, I always come to that last line, and I feel that I have to wrap this up with a bit of dignity and a little tear in the eye; otherwise, the joke would be on the characters in the song.

Some very silly songs can have an almost melancholy feeling when you put it in a different perspective.

I really do believe in clearing samples, and I believe that people should be compensated for them, but the laws are just so stupid.

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.

I realised that music controls me more than I control music. I had to write songs that were convincing me that things would get better.

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.

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.

Nirvana was a band that led you somewhere, as opposed to all the grunge bands that began and ended with themselves.