"I had always intended to make a living out of playing blues. But I never admitted it to myself. I don't suppose I could have given a logical reason for it ever becoming possible to do so."

“I grew up in a very bohemian environment in southern Sweden, so I was always, always, always in black jeans.”

Source : "Best New Designers: Meet Johan Lindeberg (Again)". Interview with Andrew Richdale, www.gq.com. April 12, 2012.

“I don't think unhappiness is fated.”

Source : Michelle Moran (2011). “The Egyptian Royals Collection: Three Historical Novels by Michelle Moran: Nefertiti, The Heretic Queen, and Cleopatra's Daughter”, p.1239, Broadway Books

“You need to have people within your own party that have the wherewithal to stand up to you.”

“Nothing ever goes away.”

“I think it makes people frustrated when they have to live their actual lives commercial free and they can't just magically wind up at the part with the happy ending.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

“I still love how Phil Spector turned teenage experiences into wonderful symphonies, but I find it a little more difficult to put myself in that place.”

Source : "Hot Chip". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. June 8, 2012.

“I love my country. But how many more of our loved ones need to die in this senseless war?”

“After all, your chances of winning a lottery and of affecting an election are pretty similar. From a financial perspective, playing the lottery is a bad investment. But it's fun and relatively cheap: for the price of a ticket, you buy the right to fantasize how you'd spend the winnings - much as you get to fantasize that your vote will have some impact on policy.”

Source : Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner (2006). “Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything”, p.190, Penguin UK