I realized I needed to work with other people instead of doing everything myself.

I'm not too fond of the typical Australian activities or culture. I'm not into surfing.

It's time to find someplace where I feel like it's home.

I think all of my songs are either based on personal experience or will be based on personal experience, because I do write a lot of songs prophetically.

I had so many songs that were actually sort of finished. And I deleted them. I wrote on my website that I'd put them on the shelf, but that wasn't true. I actually deleted them from my computer. I got sort of trigger-happy and I think I deleted about 200 songs from my computer.

The fate of a song is often established in the first 15 minutes of writing.

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.