It's good to let go of control. That's probably something all artists and song writers will say at some point.
I think of the Jens Lekman in the songs as a completely different person who's stealing my stories.
I think all the best songs do that: they offer some sort of hope and light in the darkness.
My old songs used to take place in Gothenburg; then, when I lived in Melbourne, the songs just naturally took place more in Melbourne.
Sometimes you have to burn yourself to the ground before you can rise like a phoenix from the ashes.
I realized that even though I had this urge, this longing, to write about other people, in order for it to be emotionally gripping, I needed to be in there somehow.
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.
It's not difficult getting into the charts in Sweden. It's a very different musical climate, and in a very good way, I think, because artists like Jose Gonzalez or The Knife can actually get on the charts.
Really, to me, a really good evening would be a comedian, followed by a band, followed by a really good DJ.
My aim is for every song to have a purpose - for you to be able to say, 'This song is about this.' But love and heartbreak are some of the most abstract subjects.
Christmas music is usually more concentrated pop music in a way. It's meant to make us feel good, and it's meant to make us like we belong somewhere.
Even if I wrote a song about math or animals or whatever, there would still be the question, 'Why did you write about that? And what does it say about you?'
When I was a kid, I had a period in my life when I was eight or nine when I was so scared of dying that I wouldn't go out of our house for a whole year. I refused to step out of the door because I thought something would happen. I had all these compulsive thoughts or whatever, and my head was really messed up.
I've always been interested in listening to people's stories.
It's weird talking about the album as a living being with its own thoughts and direction, especially if you're the one creating it.
I found a favorite chord, which is B flat 7 - that's my favorite chord.
It always feel like people are doing more grown-up things than you are.