Lykke Li
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
Lykke Li

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

Lykke Li
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
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
Lykke Li

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.

Lykke Li
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
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
Lykke Li

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.

Lykke Li
Lykke Li

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

Lykke Li
Lykke Li

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

Lykke Li
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
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
Lykke Li

I will never get to Lady Gaga's status. That's not something I want.

Lykke Li
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
Lykke Li

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

Lykke Li
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
Lykke Li

I always strive for freedom: freedom of thought and expression.

Lykke Li
Lykke Li

I'm actually a really shy person. I just really enjoy being in studio; I don't go out much.

Lykke Li
Lykke Li

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
Lykke Li

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