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Take it easy. Don't approach music as a religion.
I'm inspired to keep on when people like what I do.
When I did the vocals, I always became so angry and pissed off.
Music is for making people happy, lyrics tell them who they are.
All my teenage years my punk was hip-hop - I just hated pop music.
To play Swedish folk music is a lifetime achievement, but I'm well on my way.
I love music so much that I have to try to make my own music. And not copy music.
I let everyone have [the] space to do what they want, but I think I'm still a bit of a perfectionist.
If I hear a song that I love - how is the groove and how is the beat and what is the feeling of this? - I can make it my own.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I questioned everything about music. I think it's a strange thing standing on a stage and making music. I just questioned it always: What's music? What's the meaning of it?
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.
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?'
Music is for making people happy, lyrics tell them who they are. Everybody is free to interpret the music, as they want. The lyrics of my songs are about different things, but it's all about my issues.
I love music so much that I have to try to make my own music. And not copy music. If I hear a song that I love - how is the groove and how is the beat and what is the feeling of this? - I can make it my own. So then I try, and I watch it become something totally different. But that's the way I have to do it.