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My songs don't deal with locations that specifically, even if there are very specific references to them in there; they're sort of just where stories happen, not the stories themselves.

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Once I release a song, it's not just about me or the people... I write about. They're my stories, but they're not really mine any more.

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I have a very nice voice.

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I think a lot of my songs are very silly and very stupid, written to entertain people, but in the end, I always come to that last line, and I feel that I have to wrap this up with a bit of dignity and a little tear in the eye; otherwise, the joke would be on the characters in the song.

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Some very silly songs can have an almost melancholy feeling when you put it in a different perspective.

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I realised that music controls me more than I control music. I had to write songs that were convincing me that things would get better.

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When I was working on 'Night Falls Over Kortedala,' I was listening a lot to 'Graceland,' the Paul Simon record. I really got into the lyrics on that album. The opening line is so brilliant, the way he sets the scene.

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I've started listening to music in a new way after I started running. When it comes to running, I really got into the idea of track listings that way, too.

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I started running to different albums, and I was starting with the short albums and moving on to the longer albums. I was interested in how they built up, in tempo and intensity. it made me interested in albums again, too.

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I remember when I grew up and Dad would take me to kindergarten in the morning, and you could smell the chips in the air from the factory nearby.

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Biography

Nationality: Swedish

Type: Musician

Born: February 6th, 1981

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