A good song stays in your head because it's catchy, a great song stays because it means something to you. Tove Lo More Quotes by Tove Lo More Quotes From Tove Lo My main inspirations are the people around me, heartbreaks, frustration and everything that makes you feel stronger than you should. Tove Lo frustration inspiration people For me, everything that you're passionate about always comes with a little pain. That's how life is, and that's how I want to live it. I don't want it to be balanced and ordinary. Tove Lo passionate pain ordinary There's this cliché of always falling in love with the latest song, and I'm kind of like that. Tove Lo falling-in-love song fall Writing the songs is always emotional and most of the vocals on there are the first three takes from the demos, because they give so much more. You're in that moment, so it speaks for itself. Tove Lo emotional writing song I want the feeling where you don't really know what to do with yourself - in the vocals, in the production. Everything. Tove Lo knows want feelings I want people to FEEL something... If it's sadness, anger, horny, happiness whatever! As long as it doesn't just pass you by. Tove Lo sadness long people When I'm on stage, I turn into this rock person. I give everything I have. I sing with emotion, I'm loving it up there, and I think there's a lot of energy. In the same way that I'm open when I speak, I'm that open on stage. I feed off the energy of the audience too, so they're feeling what I'm feeling. And the set up is great - I have two drummers and a bass guy so it's just us four. Tove Lo guy giving thinking I've had a love/hate relationship with performing. I was an attention seeker as a kid, doing all this stupid stuff to get attention in general, but it all depends where I am in my life. If I'm having a bad few months I'll hide away. But I've always loved acting too - I like having all the eyes on me, I guess! Tove Lo hate stupid kids I like the fact that a lot of people get to hear the music and I love performing with people cheering you on and you're feeling the love for what you're doing, but there's also the other side where if you give away as much personal information as I do it's hard not to take it personally when people are saying mean things about you. But I try not to read any comments. Right now I'm just feeling a lot of love. Tove Lo cheer mean people It's important to tell the artist's story. It's their song! And it's always more fun to write together with the artist! Tove Lo writing song fun I'd love to come to New Zealand!! I've been to Australia a few times - I'm well aware it's not the same country. I've heard from people it's beautiful - great diving, music and no scary animals. Tove Lo animal beautiful country Sometimes it starts with a random lyric idea that sets the tone for the whole song. Chords and sounds build from the lyric and rhythm, kind of. Sometimes it's a track I fall I love with... but writing my own songs, I rarely write on tracks. Tove Lo writing song fall I am an open book, and I'm fine being me: I'm not a perfect person. Tove Lo i-am me perfect book Both my best and my worst habit is that I'm very impulsive. Tove Lo very best worst habit I think there's always a bit of pain in everything that's ecstatic - relationships and love, they always come with pain. Tove Lo think always pain love The thing that I love about pop music is the simplicity and the directness of it. Tove Lo about simplicity music love If you say, 'I listen to pop,' you picture this kind of perfect, colorful, polished song. I want to have that, but when you open it, you see this gritty dark - kind of like dancing your tears away. Disguise the sadness in a pop beat. Tove Lo you sadness tears song Everything that has to do with sex is somehow... it's the best thing in the world, and it's still the one thing people don't want you to talk about. Tove Lo best you people world I'm from a fancy, well-raised background. We were very well-behaved and not allowed to swear. It's the kind of place where people hide their problems under the rug and pretend it's all perfect. Eventually, you get sick of that. Tove Lo problems you sick people I wanted to write about relationships in a more honest, raw sort of way. Get away from all those cliches about how 'time heals' and how you can be the better person. Less sugar-coating and more 'feel the pain.' Tove Lo feel you pain time
