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Lykke Li

Lykke Li

Swedish Musician

Born: Mar 18, 1986

Been Being Me Music People You

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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

Relationship You Tears Out Pretty Magical Something Take Facts Failed Make Normal Very Represent Grim Create Hard Album

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. Lykke Li

Great You Quality Will Men Pants Finding Classic About Perfect Through How Years Shoe Shop Want Sustainable Last

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

You People School Old Style Own Clothes Stage See More Like Artist Want Interesting Richards Old School Who Slapped Keith Richards

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

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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

Life Love You Song Remember Films Changed Teenage Teenage Years Would Come Years DiCaprio Forever Then Leonardo Leonardo DiCaprio Your Watching

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

Needs You Looking Dramatic Way Eye Wearing Seem Invisible Always Subtle Notice Body Your Your Body Even

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. Lykke Li

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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

First Big Nothing Immaculate Musical Way Musical Talent Collection Dream Madonna Inspired Had Talent She Got Tape Started

I lived five years in Portugal and then spent winters in Nepal or India. Lykke Li

Spent Nepal India Winters Years Five Then Lived Portugal

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

Time Good People Good Time Spilling Boring Guts Only Hear Want

During the day, I don't wear much makeup; I only put on makeup for the show. Lykke Li

Day Wear Only Put Makeup Much Show

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

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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

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

My dream is to one day just be me and my guitar. I'm working myself to the core. Who am I, underneath everything else? I'm still on that journey, to find that core. 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

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