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Jens Lekman

"I could've written songs about, for example, the Paris attacks as they happened and have the song out the day after, but doing this project and following the news made me realize how much I miss deeper nuances in the news reporting. There's already so many quick opinions and angles being thrown in your face, so I avoided writing about things like that and tried focusing on the smaller, more seemingly insignificant things. The things you would find in the back of the newspaper or the back of your mind."

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

Jens Lekman

#Song Quotes #Writing Quotes #Insignificant Things Quotes

“I observe my thoughts and entertain only those that empower me.”
“In my view, it's irreverence, foolish confidence and naivety combined with persistence, open mindedness and a continual ability to learn that created Facebook, Google, Yahoo, eBay, Microsoft, Apple, Juniper, AOL, Sun Microsystems and others.”
“I would love to see more dialogue around the "responsibilities" of art consumers - how can audiences better financially support artists we love, artists who are doing the work, so that artists have a more solid foundation upon which to make art?”
“There is not the least flower but seems to hold up its head, and to look pleasantly, in the secret sense of the goodness of its Heavenly Maker.”
“You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That's the only thing you should be trying to control.”

Source : Elizabeth Gilbert (2009). “Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything”, p.187, Bloomsbury Publishing
“I don't worry about inspiration, or anything like that. It's a matter of just sitting down and working.”
“I don't have to do much. What I was surprised at and the challenge was that dealing with an ensemble cast who are in scenes together everyday all day, that is a challenge. It's a challenge to make sure everyone get as much coverage and attention, it got just kind of competitive. I loved it because it made it funnier, but the improv went nuts. People were like, "Oh wait. I have something better to say." "Now, I'm going to say..."”

Source : "Interview: Jerusha Hess and J.J. Feild of 'Austenland'". Interview with Nell Minow, moviemom.maxlazebnik.com. August 22, 2013.
“And the thing that I always tried to do with important singers when I met them was to sit down and record everything they knew, give them a first real run-through of their art.”

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