156 Quotes by Lykke Li

I felt such a deep connection with dolphins. I felt like they were the only ones who understood me.

I'm not so interested in being indie just for the sake of being indie.

You can become quite blase, and also, I have no sense of home; I don't have roots. I've never had that feeling that someone else is going to take care of me, ever. I don't trust people.

It's not a very sane thing to try to be great all the time. You want to make something magical; you want to make something wonderful; you want to give to everybody; you want to heal people; you want to still be inspired. That's not easy.

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.

Most things in life come as a surprise.

Do you have to have emotional turmoil to create music? I'm not sure because I've never been without it

The problem is, when I talk about heartbreak or whatever, people want to melt it down to some break-up of a relationship, but it's not about that. If you're a sensitive person, just stepping outside can be heartbreaking.

I want people to have a good time. Its boring only to hear singer/songwriters spilling their guts.