100 Quotes by Jens Lekman

For me, it's sort of like a cultural democracy or musical socialism to take a stand and get out of the major cities if you can.

Ever since I started writing music, I've wanted to know what the songs are about and to be able to tell stories.

I think there are definitely a lot of subjects I don't share with people, but I'm not sure where that border is.

I would love to hear Marilyn Manson's fans or something, what their stories would be like.

I love playing small towns, but in Sweden, it's sometimes a little bit weird, because all small towns are just so close to bigger cities that people are not as grateful when you show up as they are in Odessa, Texas.

I like short beards. Not a big fan of the bigger beards.

I've never felt at home in Kortedala, or in Gothenburg, so I always felt like I needed to go somewhere and find some kind of perspective on things.

Goteborg used to be a not very cool place to live. The culture centered around shrimp and bingo. Bands played Copenhagen and Stockholm and skipped Goteborg.

Older men in my family - back to my grandpa - were basically completely bald.