156 Quotes by Lykke Li

I hung out with some crazy desert people. One guy was just walking around with only shorts on – he’d been walking with bare feet for the last two years. He was totally scarred and eating on all fours like a dog.

I don’t think Neil Young has a beautiful voice but it’s something that grabs you and the songs are so good.

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

I always want to keep things unwritten. I’m inspired by Bob Dylan, who’s kept evolving and changing his sound. I think that’s what you should do as an artist. Why be comfortable?

Of course, there are a lot of things I’m angry about in the world.

I don’t necessarily love all the collaborations that I’ve done; the more I work with other people, the more I realize that I want to work with myself.

I’m from Sweden so I don’t enjoy winter at all; there’s nothing cute about it.

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

Life is greater when I’m dealing with something than when I’m just dreaming away.