100 Quotes by Jens Lekman

I'm not too fond of the typical Australian activities or culture. I'm not into surfing - that's what I'm trying to say.

Hmm... at some point when I was making 'Postcards,' it struck me, what the underlying themes for the record would be. It would be about choices, fears and doubts, and it had an existentialist theme to it.

In the past, I used to rely on the randomness of working with samples, which was a good way because it threw you in a completely different direction. You just thought, 'What if I take this samba drum and combined it with an '80s synth line or something from this record?'

I grew up in the '90s and remember the lyrics back then were so abstract and open to interpretation. That always drove me crazy.

I still love touring rock clubs around the world, and that's something that's really a part of me. I love making albums, and I'm a wedding singer on the side; that's my parallel career. So I love all those aspects of making music.

Making albums is a very lonely process sometimes. Sitting around working on songs, feeling the pressure.

It's good to let go of control. That's probably something all artists and song writers will say at some point.

I realize that 'Postcards' was like input, and 'Ghostwriting' was output. I had all these frustrations and feelings before I did those two projects. 'Postcards' was something that brought new life and creative inspiration into the record, while 'Ghostwriting' was relieving myself.

I struggled with a lot of doubts around my songwriting and around what I was and what my purpose and mission were.