Author: Jens Lekman

Quotes

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.

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.

- Jens Lekman

My aim is for every song to have a purpose - for you to be able to say, 'This song is about this.' But love and heartbreak are some of the most abstract subjects.

My aim is for every song to have a purpose - for you to be able to say, 'This song is about this.' But love and heartbreak are some of the most abstract subjects.

- Jens Lekman

I went to Legoland in Denmark when I was five, I think, but I went to Germany when I was 17 to have a little adventure after graduation.

I went to Legoland in Denmark when I was five, I think, but I went to Germany when I was 17 to have a little adventure after graduation.

- Jens Lekman

This is one of the reasons I'm so interested in stories. Because everyone has a story in their life, and when their story doesn't make sense, that's when we get depressed, I think.

This is one of the reasons I'm so interested in stories. Because everyone has a story in their life, and when their story doesn't make sense, that's when we get depressed, I think.

- Jens Lekman

Really, to me, a really good evening would be a comedian, followed by a band, followed by a really good DJ.

Really, to me, a really good evening would be a comedian, followed by a band, followed by a really good DJ.

- Jens Lekman

I feel like the few times in my life when I really felt like I love my own story is when I've been the happiest.

I feel like the few times in my life when I really felt like I love my own story is when I've been the happiest.

- Jens Lekman

I think all the best songs do that: they offer some sort of hope and light in the darkness.

I think all the best songs do that: they offer some sort of hope and light in the darkness.

- Jens Lekman

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