When I write, I'm sort of old-fashioned in the sense that I like to write something that I feel I could just perform alone, obviously, because I do that a lot in concert.

There's a lot of crappy music that people like, you know, all over the world, and Norway is definitely not an exception.

History shows us that the songs - the myth, the experience and the emotion - live longer the less you explain.

You know, I play in small, intimate venues; I'm not an arena performer.

I work with really cool people, and so far I haven't been approached in any embarrassing manner when it comes to image.

I sometimes try to write something that is actually really simple and I can't do it. So, then, it's not simple anymore. It's really hard and it gets all messed up. I sometimes sit down and try to write a song with just three chords and it doesn't work.

I usually enter the studio with a mix of songs that I've been listening to that are relevant to the sound I want to achieve.