I don't really look at the charts at all. If anything, I try to out-do what I've done before. I try to make music that I like and I trust my own judgement with what will work with a wider audience. If you compare yourself to the charts, you lose perspective on what you're doing and why you're doing it.

People in Sweden are very conscious of what people are saying about you.

I've always had a fascination with making your own music but never have been skilled enough to play the instrument, so to be able to make music without the ability was awesome.

It's hard - some people get inspired by a feeling, but I'm mostly inspired by melodies.

Life's a game made for everyone, and love is the prize.

I have always been mainstream. It's so weird, because I don't see it as something negative at all. So many people see it as something negative.

I grew up listening to a lot of Ray Charles and '60s rock, thanks to my father, and then my brothers got me in to KISS and whatnot, so I guess that's where I got my first taste for music.