Lykke Li Quotes

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. ~ Lykke Li

I don't want to break someone's heart, but you can't control that. A broken heart happens; that's inevitable. ~ Lykke Li

I love Adele and Lykke Li. I also listen to classical music as well. ~ Birdy

A lot of times females are in charge because they kind of have the pussy power. If they say, "I'm you're prostitute," then they mean, "I'm the power." ~ Lykke Li

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. ~ Lykke Li

I know that I'm dealing with some kind of wound through my music. ~ Lykke Li

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. ~ Lykke Li

After you've been wounded a few times, it's hard to let somebody get that deep again. ~ Lykke Li

I always strive for freedom: freedom of thought and expression. ~ Lykke Li

Where I've been hasn't influenced my music. It's more what I listen to. You can find music everywhere, so moving hasn't really influenced my music, more me as a person. ~ Lykke Li

I do it live on tape with a band. It's not like I'm doing electronic music with a laptop. ~ Lykke Li

The profession I have keeps dragging me into drama and taking me away from baking, flowering and gardening. ~ Lykke Li

I think everything in life comes in threes: heartbreak and all that. You've got to do the full round in order to learn. ~ Lykke Li

Life is greater when I'm dealing with something than when I'm just dreaming away. ~ Lykke Li

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. ~ Lykke Li

Music and fashion are a sign of the times and a reflection of what people want and need at this very day and age. ~ Lykke Li

My favourite festival experience is a show at midnight with the moon blazing and a crowd full of open hearts ready to dance. ~ Lykke Li

The key to a good life is finding things that you want to master. ~ Lykke Li

I was 21 and homeless - such a broken, lost woman. ~ Lykke Li

You can't stay in the desert, you go nuts after 24 hours. ~ Lykke Li

If anything, I want to be seen as a singer-songwriter rather than a pop artist. ~ Lykke Li

I want to do a stripped-down album. That style is actually where my heart is - storytelling and just letting the voice and the lyrics talk for themselves. I still want to write the perfect song and sing it in the most honest, undressed way. But I feel like I have to gather more experiences and more layers in my voice. I have to live more to be able to tell this tale. So I'm saving my folk record. I have a feeling nobody will understand it. ~ Lykke Li

It's not about being a sex prostitute. It's about this power play in the war of the sexes. It's a rat race, like, "I'm in charge," "No, I'm in charge." ~ Lykke Li

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. ~ Lykke Li

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. ~ Lykke Li

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. ~ Lykke Li

I'm interested in a lot of different sounds and types of music. ~ Lykke Li

I want to get my music out there. I enjoy playing shows; I just don't enjoy airports. I want to be more creative, but it's hard to get into that zone on tour. ~ Lykke Li

I feel it's so important to have strong women around you. ~ Lykke Li

I knew I wanted to be an artist, but I never took music lessons. I was just playing around in front of the mirror and being silly, then suddenly I started making songs. ~ Lykke Li

Mum is a photographer, and Dad does world music and plays almost every instrument except for drums. ~ Lykke Li

I'm a very melancholic kind of person. I don't know why; I think certain people are born a certain way. ~ Lykke Li

I'm not so interested in being indie just for the sake of being indie. ~ Lykke Li

I am such a complex person. I have so many different layers of my personality to choose from. I am super-sensitive, and I am super-strong. ~ Lykke Li

It's the ultimate task to do something stripped back, so you're not hiding behind anything. ~ Lykke Li

My whole art is based on escaping life and reality, which might not the best tendency to have when you're trying to be a good person in general. But people can escape into my world easily - artists are supposed to create a keyhole that people can look into. ~ Lykke Li

The music that I listen to is very minimalistic. I listen to a lot of old blues that is just guitar and vocals. ~ Lykke Li

Sometimes when I write songs, I don't know what they're about, and it just suddenly comes to me. ~ Lykke Li

I don't love all hip-hop, but I do relate to stuff like early Nas, 2Pac, Biggie, and MF Doom because they're also trying to escape a scenario. ~ Lykke Li

I felt such a deep connection with dolphins. I felt like they were the only ones who understood me. ~ Lykke Li

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

It's important that the way you dress tells a story and reveals something about you and your philosophy. ~ Lykke Li

The first thing you do when you get off tour is let off some steam and, you know, have some type of big breakdown. ~ Lykke Li

I was going on this desert adventure with some friends and we were like, "How amazing would it be to just drag all these mirrors out there?" A lot of times I do things as an impulse and find out my inspirations afterward. Even with songs and lyrics, it can take me years to find out what I was actually trying to do. ~ Lykke Li

Little Bit

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Hands down, I'm too proud for love
But with eyes shut it's you I'm thinking of
But how we move from A to B?
It can't be up to me 'cause you don't know
Eye to eye, thigh to thigh, I let go

I think I'm a little bit, little bit
A little bit in love With you
But only if you're a little bit, little bit
Little bit in l-l-l-l love for me, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

And for you I keep my legs apart
And forget about my tainted heart
And I will never ever be the first
To say it but still I, you know I, I, I

I would do it
Push a button, pull a trigger
Climb a mountain, jump off a cliff
'Cause you know, baby

I love you, love you a little bit
I would do it, I would say it
I would mean it and we could do it
It was you and I and I only

I think I'm a little bit, little bit
A little bit in love for you
But only if you're a little, little bit
Little bit in l-l-love for me

I think I'm a little bit, little bit
A little bit in love for you
But only if you're a little, little bit
Little bit in l-l-love for me, oh

Come here, stay with me
Stroke me by the hair
'Cause I would give anything, anythi ~ Lykke Li

I'll always be in some type of turmoil. So what I've tried to do is just surrender to that. ~ Lykke Li

It's not a very sane thing to try to be great all the time. You want to make something magical; you want to make something wonderful; you want to give to everybody; you want to heal people; you want to still be inspired. That's not easy. ~ Lykke Li

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. ~ Lykke Li

I'm looking forward to some peace and quiet. I fantasize about having a home, which I've kind of never had. ~ Lykke Li

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.' ~ Lykke Li

It's a very proactive thing to be dealing with your darkness and getting it out of your system. So it doesn't have to be in your system. ~ Lykke Li

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. ~ Lykke Li

I hate the fact you always feel like you have to be going somewhere, like the end destination is to be finished, or to be happy. But the truth is a lot of us are completely lost, and we don't know, and that is also a state of mind, to not know who you are and where you're going. ~ Lykke Li

Do you have to have emotional turmoil to create music? I'm not sure because I've never been without it ~ Lykke Li

I've always been a person that is searching for truth and always wants to go further, deeper. ~ Lykke Li

If you're being ignored, that's a good time to concentrate on finding yourself and creating your own mystery. ~ Lykke Li

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. ~ Lykke Li

I don't live anywhere. I have always dreamed of moving out of my country because Sweden is boring. ~ Lykke Li

Because you're a woman, the music industry puts you in another corner. I want to be fighting with the men. I want to be amongst the men, topless, throwing things onstage.
Pitchfork: Whe ~ Lykke Li

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. ~ Lykke Li

Most things in life come as a surprise. ~ Lykke Li

I went to 11 different schools. It was a fantastic adventure, but I was incredibly sensitive and needed a bit more stability. ~ Lykke Li

I'm a really restless person; I'm tired of the way I sounded or looked yesterday. So it's hard to hang onto this image of me as this young Swedish female in this world. ~ Lykke Li

When I was very little, I was into Michael Jackson. At six or seven, it was Madonna, but she's not what she used to be. I've been into everything from Edith Piaf to Joe Strummer to the Velvet Underground to Suicide to A Tribe Called Quest to African music. ~ Lykke Li

I wanted to create something really aggressive and psychedelic ~ Lykke Li

There's this other girl called Lykke Li from Sweden - I really want to collaborate with her, that'd be great. Obviously Kanye West as well, and Drake would be pretty amazing. ~ Tinie Tempah

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. ~ Lykke Li

I don't think Neil Young has a beautiful voice, but it's something that grabs you, and the songs are so good. ~ Lykke Li

I dove into the craziness and did things that maybe I would think twice about when I get older. ~ Lykke Li

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. ~ Lykke Li

I would want to create an amphitheater outside of California where I would play everyday, and then people would have to come to me. I would create all this crazy stage decor and film it. Or I would just stay inside my home and do films. I would be like the modern Maya Deren. ~ Lykke Li

I don't feel Swedish. In fact, my father tells me to get out of here as soon as I can. ~ Lykke Li

Being on tour really takes a toll, so you have to find ways to stay healthy. ~ Lykke Li

I'm drawn to punk. I'm drawn to samba a bit. I don't think there's a type of music I'm not drawn to. Lykke Li I really like. Holy Sons I still can't get enough of. ~ Fred Armisen

I want people to have a good time. It's boring only to hear singer/songwriters spilling their guts. ~ Lykke Li

I honestly kind of hate shopping. My favorite places to shop are rich old lady consignment stores. ~ Lykke Li

I was inspired by [Michelangelo] Antonioni's Red Desert - very big and moody. ~ Lykke Li

I'm a vagabond. I live out of one suitcase. I feel very comfortable in black. I feel very uncomfortable in anything else than black. ~ Lykke Li

Driving, for me, means power and freedom. The feeling that I can go anywhere I want at any time is exhilarating. ~ Lykke Li

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. ~ Lykke Li

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. ~ Lykke Li

I believe life's too short for compromises and bad fitting jeans ~ Lykke Li

And you seek pain like it is pleasure
Like a work of art
When I'm your painting, I'm your treasure
Purest of them all
And call it love or call it murder
Kill me quietly
Close the door then take it further
Where no man has been ~ Lykke Li

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. ~ Lykke Li

I was totally romanticizing the idea of Los Angeles when the Doors, Joni Mitchell, and Neil Young were hanging out there. ~ Lykke Li

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. ~ Lykke Li

The important thing for me when I look at characters is to consider the kind of constraints placed upon them. Now, me personally, I don't like to have a lot of constraints placed upon me. ~ Gong Li

I played the last Born This Way ball here in Montreal. I was so badly injured, and I had been injured for like, a few shows. And I didn't want anybody to know, because I didn't want to disappoint fans, and I didn't want to cancel. I remember, I was dancing on the stage - Sheisse - with a big castle behind me, and I was in some kinda fuckin' pain, I'll tell you. But you just kept cheering, all of you kept cheering for me. And I never told any of you what was wrong, I never said anything. But when I was saying goodbye, some fans that I picked out of the pit, backstage.. These two girls looked at me, and I'll never forget it. They passed me a McQueen cane with a skull on it. And they looked right at me, and I knew that they knew I needed the cane to walk. I don't know how they knew, or why they brought it, but it was one of the most special moments of my life, I'll never forget it. That you could feel what I was thinking, like we're one. We are friends. I made a decision on that day, and I thought I had made it long ago.. that I would never let you down again, and I would always put my fans first. The music, the magic of this music and these concerts, I hope that you remember them forever. You pretty girls putting flowers in each others hair… And you sweet boys, painting your faces like the sad clown that I was when I no longer heard your applause. How you whisper to each others ears, and you whisper, its okay. I was born this way. I will never forget these moments. you're my li ~ Lady Gaga

To make an artwork good enough to enter people's hearts is like what ancient Chinese called 'making stone into gold.' It is alchemy. ~ Li Shan

Sooner of later, God will again
bear out that semblance He makes of me each day.
He'll knead, fold, punch, pull, mark, smudge,
erase, and tear away.

Sometimes it feels like love.
And makes me tremble.
Sometimes it hurts like death.
And makes me shake. ~ Li-Young Lee

Now let you and me buy wine today! Why say we have not the price? My horse spotted with five flowers, My fur-coat worth a thousand pieces of gold, These I will take out, and call my boy To barter them for sweet wine. And with you twain, let me forget The sorrow of ten thousand ages! ~ Li Bai

Anger rose in me. Didn't they know how hard I'd been working to overcome my family background? Now all my efforts were wasted. ~ Ji-li Jiang

Like many things, I am nothing. ~ Li Mu

Heaven is high, Earth Wide. Bitter between them flies my sorrow. ~ Li Bai

They were all friends, if one defined friendship as the natural occurrence between people who, after colliding for decades, have finally eroded enough to fit together. ~ Lillian Li

Physics, Chemistry, and Biology had been replaced by Fundamentals of Industry and Agriculture, because of Chairman Mao's instruction to "combine education with practical experience. ~ Ji-li Jiang

Farmers are the only indispensable people on the face of the earth. ~ Li Zhaoxing

If some Western politician claims he is in a position to use the normal Western methods to feed and clothe 1.2 billion Chinese, we would be happily prepared to elect him president of China. ~ Li Peng

Here is the opportunity for you to help Chairman Mao's revolution. Who can win the most honor by telling us first? ~ Ji-li Jiang

I needed to save every penny ... I needed to be strong, and needed to find some way to secure a future. That's why I am always conservative. I never forget to maintain stability while advancing, and I never forget to advance while maintaining stability. ~ Li Ka-shing