I don't write hits. If you just open that door, you're going to get a hit.

A tiny detail can make you feel completely different. I feel different if I wear something that I'm slightly uncomfortable in.

I really like our studio. It's definitely not in any way slick; it's very homemade, literally. Everyone has their own room to produce and write, and [there's a] big rehearsal space.

One of my strict, strict rules is a no auto-tune policy.

You write music for yourself and if you just open that door and let people in, the audience is going to grow and it's going to become more accessible.

If you listen too much to doubts you're totally lost.

Swedes, compared to Americans, can seem a little cold and introverted.

I find it a little stressful when you're in a really nice studio and you feel time ticking and the bill getting higher.

My lesson from that [songwriting process] was that I should go back to where I was and try to make that first pure even more strong.

I feel like I'm still learning a lot with writing lyrics. In the beginning, like the first record, I wasn't so aware.

I was really into R&B and stuff like that, so I really wanted to sing like Faith Evans or Mariah Carey. But I definitely don't have the skills to sing like that.

Gravitate towards your heart’s desire!

He who despairs of the human condition is a coward but he who has hope for it is a fool.

Elections are held to delude the populace into believing that they are participating in government.

Stop...Stop what you're doing...Stop what you're doing and breathe.

Half this game is 90 percent mental.

The Heavens are as deep as our aspirations are high.

Honest people, knowledgeable people, really well-informed people can have very different views about what the right measures are on national security.

Whoever is not prepared to talk about capitalism should also remain silent about fascism.

All argument is against it; but all belief is for it.

It's not the photographer who makes the picture, but the person being photographed.