I went through various phases of different accents - I get ridiculously obsessed with different accents, different regional … - Jenny Hval

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Today they have to be three-dimensional. Technology's changed, the communication, the marketing and advertising community supports beautiful girls that can be articulate and smart. And also Anna Wintour doesn't want to sit next to some girl who can't say two words.

Jenny Hval

I went through various phases of different accents - I get ridiculously obsessed with different accents, different regional ways of using the voice, different types of singing. It's all tied together. Speaking is a kind of singing, as are crying and laughing.

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Norway's a very gender-aware country, and we're very liberal. There are lots of women's voices being heard here compared to many other countries.

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There's a great relationship between pop music and the way the body could be seen from the inside - when I was singing or listening to music I would change shape in my head, becoming all kinds of things and people. Music is a way of making your body.

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If you believe that you have nothing to fight for, that just means the people in power, and the people with money, can sneak anything into your life. Everything can be taken away from you.

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Everybody needs to read a lot of revolutionary stuff, because the revolution is a big part of our will to live.

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I've always seen myself as the person listening to alternative music and all that - generic indie person. I always tried to be the least pretty I could be.

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