Other people's songs can inspire me, though - I always have music on when I'm painting.
I wanted the album to be aerodynamic, like an airplane taking off from a runway - all of a sudden you're in the air.
I didn't have a home in the world, so I wanted a home in a person. I felt like I had found that, and then it was taken away from me.
I think the cynicism that you have when you've just gone through a break-up is a luxury that you allow yourself for a while.
I lived in a suitcase for a year, and then a relationship brought me to New York for about four months, then I lived in Melbourne. Then I moved back to Gothenburg because the immigrant laws are strict for both Australia and the U. S. , and I would have to marry someone to get into those countries. But I wouldn't really be able to get involved in a sham marriage without being able to tell anyone about it.
I love a lot of old disco because it's aerodynamic, smooth, and very seductive.
Family and friends always need to be bigger than your music career, and in that sense, your music will be bigger because you respect your family and your friends more.
We spend trillions of dollars to travel around the world, but it's in everybody's interest that we have a better framework, and not just for the United States but for the entire world, in which to operate and trade.
The challenge with being an initiator of projects is that you are never, ever done.
It's funny, these days, if you want money, you can create an App or some kind of tech thing and make a billion dollars.
To be inclusive you must accommodate different levels of sophistication.