Whether we remain the ash or become the phoenix is up to us.
I'm not too fond of the typical Australian activities or culture. I'm not into surfing.
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 wanted the album to be aerodynamic, like an airplane taking off from a runway - all of a sudden you're in the air.
I love a lot of old disco because it's aerodynamic, smooth, and very seductive.
The 11th Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Bore God. The 12th Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Bore Thyself.
You will perceive by my preaching that I am growing old: it is the privilege of years, and I am sure you will pardon it from the purity of it's motives.
I hope this is the lesson we women really commit to memory - we learned that it doesn't work to try be someone other than who you really are.
Sometimes I try to figure out why I always push things to talk about the really dark stuff in interviews, and I just think it's healing - for the listener, and for the guest.