There was a band very early on in our class, and I played in that band and as a teenager, I continued. It was more from my own relationship with the instruments at this time, figuring out the instrument and then having to learn different pieces that I really got into music. I really discovered the almost transcending power of music. And I think that is why I am so into it.

Agnes Obel

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I don't have the feeling of being motivated by anger, revenge or... by Agnes Obel

I don't have the feeling of being motivated by anger, revenge or frustration.

frustration revenge feelings

When I'm flying, I really like to listen to piano music. Something impressionistic, loud and beautiful. Flying can be such a claustrophobic experience, it's nice to open that up a bit with music.

piano-music nice beautiful

I love the conversation between film and music. by Agnes Obel

I love the conversation between film and music.

film-and-music film conversation

On the last album, I didn't want to disturb the melody with too many stories. This time, I wanted to know if I was able to create images with words, with the sound of words.(...) I think that’s a good thing when the one who is listening, is feeling it in a different way that the one who creates. We are all listening with different perspectives.(...) I don’t want to impose my subjectivity to the listener.

perspective feelings thinking

The orchestral or symphonic music never interested me. by Agnes Obel

The orchestral or symphonic music never interested me.

Sometimes I feel like a melody doesn't have anything to do with me, but it's just something that comes, is accumulated from me playing on the piano, and then this little creature just appears.

piano littles sometimes

Even though music is something I travel around doing, it is also a very private thing. A sort of escapism.

private-things escapism music-is

The piano and the singing are two equal things to me - maybe not inseparable but very connected. You can say they are like two equal voices.

piano voice two

I learned that music should be fun and should be a way to express yourself, that there aren't really any rules.

express-yourself fun way

The best thing about Berlin was that I got to be surrounded by people who pursue their ideas for themselves.

berlin people ideas

Feelings such as loneliness, longing or love are sometimes hard to put into words; maybe that's why we all love music, because it resonates with something we can't share.

words music loneliness love

I really believe it's not bad to look back within music. I don't mean retro, but using your own memories to make a song because our memories are what make us who we are.

look music song memories

When I started working on my own music, I didn't have the chance to record in a big music studio, so I had to record everything myself.

myself my-own music chance

What I discovered in Berlin was this immense freedom because it felt like you could start any kind of project and nobody would care... and that's what I sort of adopted to my own.

nobody you freedom care

I love Denmark. But it is a very safe place, and it is easy to let the state look after everything for you.

place look you love

When I was in bands, I always liked the demo best. by Agnes Obel

When I was in bands, I always liked the demo best.

demo bands best always

My parents were very relaxed about music. by Agnes Obel

My parents were very relaxed about music.

about parents relaxed music

I wish my parents had been more strict and made me learn more ins... by Agnes Obel

I wish my parents had been more strict and made me learn more instruments.

i-wish parents me wish

I don't have a classical-music mentality. I haven't been taught that way, and it doesn't fit my character, either.

mentality taught character way

I'm very happy that I got introduced to music only as something y... by Agnes Obel

I'm very happy that I got introduced to music only as something you got pleasure from.

you pleasure music happy