Top 122 Quotes & Sayings by Lykke Li
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Last updated on November 4, 2024.
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.
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've always been a person that is searching for truth and always wants to go further, deeper.
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 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.
If you're being ignored, that's a good time to concentrate on finding yourself and creating your own mystery.
Sometimes when I write songs, I don't know what they're about, and it just suddenly comes to me.
I will grab any opportunity I can to learn something new.
The thing is, if you're in this world, you have to do things for yourself, not for others, because everyone will judge you for anything.
I'm more old school: I want to be like Keith Richards on stage. It's not interesting to see straight-from-runway clothes slapped on an artist. It's more interesting when you see people who have their own style.
I was a total floral hippie as a child so when I finally could make my own choices, I've been living in different black suit jackets and been really drawn to masculine clothes.
I was 21 and homeless - such a broken, lost woman.
My favorite thing in the world is to have just a big dinner with friends and just sit and talk about their life and their difficulties and all of that.
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'm a very melancholic kind of person. I don't know why; I think certain people are born a certain way.
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 always feel like I've been slightly misunderstood. As a woman, you get judged for appearances or things like that I don't really care about.
For men, it's about finding the perfect shoe or the perfect pants that will last you through the years. That's how I want to shop: sustainable, classic, great quality.
I don't want to break someone's heart, but you can't control that. A broken heart happens; that's inevitable.
I felt such a deep connection with dolphins. I felt like they were the only ones who understood me.
I'll always be in some type of turmoil. So what I've tried to do is just surrender to that.
The first tape I got was Madonna's 'Immaculate Collection.' I'm inspired by the way she started from nothing and didn't have a big musical talent, but had a big dream.
It's amazing, coconut oil. I use it as a moisturizer. I put it in my hair when I want a kind of greasy look. I take off my makeup with it. I put a little bit in my coffee. I have coconut oil with everything.
I'm not so interested in being indie just for the sake of being indie.
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.
I honestly kind of hate shopping. My favorite places to shop are rich old lady consignment stores.
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.
My favourite festival experience is a show at midnight with the moon blazing and a crowd full of open hearts ready to dance.
It's the ultimate task to do something stripped back, so you're not hiding behind anything.
I will never get to Lady Gaga's status. That's not something I want.
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.
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.
If anything, I want to be seen as a singer-songwriter rather than a pop artist.
I was totally romanticizing the idea of Los Angeles when the Doors, Joni Mitchell, and Neil Young were hanging out there.
I don't think Neil Young has a beautiful voice, but it's something that grabs you, and the songs are so good.
I'm just not interested in getting judged or getting people to love me. Being seen and taking my photo and having to follow this schedule all the time, I don't enjoy it.
I love listening to demos. They're so raw.
Music and fashion are a sign of the times and a reflection of what people want and need at this very day and age.
I remember watching films in my teenage years, and you'd be in love with Leonardo DiCaprio, and then a song would come on. You'd love that song forever; it changed your life.
I'm interested in a lot of different sounds and types of music.
I'm actually a really shy person. I just really enjoy being in studio; I don't go out much.
Driving, for me, means power and freedom. The feeling that I can go anywhere I want at any time is exhilarating.
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.
I lived five years in Portugal and then spent winters in Nepal or India.
I struggle with myself every day - I am a lonesome person. I talk to my family - and I connect to some people deeply along the way - but I am a restless soul. Singing is the most immediate relief.
Most things in life come as a surprise.
The first thing you do when you get off tour is let off some steam and, you know, have some type of big breakdown.
If you take the hard facts of a failed relationship, it's pretty grim. But if you make an album out of it, and if the violins represent all the tears, you create something magical out of something very normal.
There's more discomfort being an old soul or a person who questions a lot of things. I'm young, but I'm old.
I went to 11 different schools. It was a fantastic adventure, but I was incredibly sensitive and needed a bit more stability.
I always strive for freedom: freedom of thought and expression.
I think everything in life comes in threes: heartbreak and all that. You've got to do the full round in order to learn.
The profession I have keeps dragging me into drama and taking me away from baking, flowering and gardening.
I'm from Sweden, so I don't enjoy winter at all; there's nothing cute about it.
I'm always looking for silhouettes that seem 'invisible' to the eye, as in that it's so well-tailored to your body that you won't even notice what you're wearing. It needs to be dramatic in a subtle way.
I love pouring my heart out. People don't want to hear you whine when you're with friends, so you can sing about it instead - it's the best outlet.
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 important that the way you dress tells a story and reveals something about you and your philosophy.
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'm going to be like Benjamin Button; I'm just going to grow younger. I will probably be happy, fat, with kids and looking back and thinking, 'I was such a angry young woman.'
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