When I play, I'm so in the moment that I can't really remember what happened afterwards. It's a rare experience for a thinking person like me.
— Lykke Li
I'll always be in some type of turmoil. So what I've tried to do is just surrender to that.
Touring is really about being on edge the whole time - you're like a racing horse: you've just got to be on. You've got to pull it together.
I'm from Sweden, so I don't enjoy winter at all; there's nothing cute about it.
Some people watch comedy to relax. I watch '21 Grams.' I can recognize sadness and tragedy really easily because it's been with me forever.
I'm not so interested in being indie just for the sake of being indie.
My favourite festival experience is a show at midnight with the moon blazing and a crowd full of open hearts ready to dance.
I felt such a deep connection with dolphins. I felt like they were the only ones who understood me.
I am deeply in tune with my heart and core, and it's made me a better writer, artist, and most of all woman. It's made me more myself.
Sometimes when I write songs, I don't know what they're about, and it just suddenly comes to me.
The first thing you do when you get off tour is let off some steam and, you know, have some type of big breakdown.
I don't think Neil Young has a beautiful voice, but it's something that grabs you, and the songs are so good.
I don't relate to the 'Twilight' books or movies at all, but I'm obsessed with it as a pop culture phenomenon - all these people just screaming like it was the Beatles.
I think pop culture underestimates people. The message is, 'Being yourself is the worst thing you could possibly be.' But people are still attracted to it.
It's the ultimate task to do something stripped back, so you're not hiding behind anything.
I do everything: I'll have a green juice, then a melted chocolate ice cream. I stay up very late, I get up very early.
It's in every person's life, around 27 to 29 years old, the stars and the planets align themselves to exactly the way they were when you were born. You're faced with yourself. There's no running away.
The profession I have keeps dragging me into drama and taking me away from baking, flowering and gardening.
I was totally romanticizing the idea of Los Angeles when the Doors, Joni Mitchell, and Neil Young were hanging out there.
People comment on how you look; it's so unnecessary. I just wanted people to listen to what I have to say instead of focusing on anything else.
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 used to get really sick. I would go to the doctor with all these ailments, and they would tell me I needed to be at home. I didn't even really understand what that meant because since I was a baby, I've always been moving, moving, and then touring.
I went to 11 different schools. It was a fantastic adventure, but I was incredibly sensitive and needed a bit more stability.
I was 21 and homeless - such a broken, lost woman.
