156 Quotes by Lykke Li

It would be amazing if people listened to it when they needed shelter; it would be lovely if they didn't spit on it.

I can cry myself to sleep because I'm not as great as Leonard Cohen, but who cares? Maybe you can't be as great as some people, but it's a tragedy when you don't follow your dreams.

I was going on this desert adventure with some friends and we were like, "How amazing would it be to just drag all these mirrors out there?" A lot of times I do things as an impulse and find out my inspirations afterward. Even with songs and lyrics, it can take me years to find out what I was actually trying to do.

The profession I have keeps dragging me into drama and taking me away from baking, flowering and gardening.

I was 21 and homeless - such a broken, lost woman.

I probably thought that about most of the things I did. But you wind up in situations where you have to make decisions very quickly, and you just go for it a lot of the time.

I remember watching Romeo + Juliet when I was 14 and listening to the soundtrack. When I hear that soundtrack now, all those emotions come back. It's really beautiful when you're at a certain point in your life where most of the adventure lies ahead of you. And it's a sad thing when you feel like you've lost that. But you can get it back.

If you're being ignored, that's a good time to concentrate on finding yourself and creating your own mystery.

I do it live on tape with a band. It's not like I'm doing electronic music with a laptop.