I thought I had my feet on the ground, but if someone tells you every day you're going to be the next big thing then...So then if you aren't, you think, 'Have I done something wrong?'

I tried to find myself and become a happy person without all the drugs and alcohol. And then I got back to Stockholm and I got pissed one night and had to sing.

When I did the vocals, I always became so angry and pissed off.

I'm inspired to keep on when people like what I do.

I've recorded myself for four or five years and have been doing lots of experiments. I'm not that good an engineer - so it always becomes a different song - but I have ideas.

The Swedish folk music - I can't hear any connection between my music and fiddle tunes, but I guess since I grew up with that, kind of, Swedish tone or harmony.

All my teenage years my punk was hip-hop - I just hated pop music.

I was into hip-hop when I was a teenager. Then I started to look for samples, and I started a long Hendrix period - I liked the drums and the beats.

To play Swedish folk music is a lifetime achievement, but I'm well on my way.

I let everyone have [the] space to do what they want, but I think I'm still a bit of a perfectionist.

When I played my own songs, I had to do everything myself to get it the right way, but now I think it's interesting to see how it becomes music.

Nothing remains forever, only thing that remain forever is romantically stupid word forever.

Orthodoxy is the grave of intelligence, no matter what orthodoxy it may be.

There is a reality that this day and age is the digital era. Anybody can find anything they want.

I care what people think, but that doesn't change what I say. I am who I am.

Suffering is the ancient law of love; there is no quest without pain; there is no lover who is not also a martyr.

I was making a lot of independent movies before the independent movement.

It's a joy to work where I live, and come home and sleep in my own bed.

The poet must be free to love or hate as the spirit moves him, free to change, free to be a chameleon, free to be an enfant terrible. He must above all never worry about this effect on other people.

We can rationalize anything and easily quit on ourselves. Leadership is refusing to quit on others.

I find that the rhythm of going on long walks will suggest melodies.