When my dad died, my world crumbled. Lukas Forchhammer More Quotes by Lukas Forchhammer More Quotes From Lukas Forchhammer We don't take advantage of our position. We keep saying no to free stuff, as we can afford it now. Lukas Forchhammer take-advantagesayingfreeposition We're talking about growing up in regular families, dreaming about better things, instead of popping bottles in the club and spending a lot of money that you don't have while living in your mother's basement. Lukas Forchhammer betteryoumoneymother I just thought it would be awesome to become a lawyer, especially being from a neighborhood seeing the police rough up so many people unnecessarily, people who haven't done nothing. Growing up with kids from dysfunctional families and stuff, I just felt that some kind of difference could be done. And now I'm getting to do it with music instead. Lukas Forchhammer lawyerpolicemusicpeople Graham was my father's second name, so I took Graham because Lukas Graham sounded cool. Lukas Forchhammer namebecausecoolfather I don't like the whole 'slander, slander' conversation that most political debates are these days. So I tend to keep my political standpoint not to myself, but just relatively private. Lukas Forchhammer myselflikepoliticalconversation Our art, in a sense, is quite revolutionary. Lukas Forchhammer quitesenseourart It's not that I'm trying to write another '7 Years' or a new version of 'Mama Said.' Songs just kind of come out of nowhere, and you need to catch them when they do. Lukas Forchhammer newyoumamatrying I find it a very, very powerful thing to be yourself and not to try and be something else and to use that as your biggest shield and your biggest attack in the world - to just be you. Lukas Forchhammer be-yourselfyourselfyouworld I think it's an important thing, if you grew up in a neighbourhood that's different from the rest of the world, to remember what was different about your place and keep that in your heart, because that's what made you. Lukas Forchhammer restyouheartworld I never watched any award show. Lukas Forchhammer awardshowanynever It's always more fun when something happens outside of a script. Lukas Forchhammer somethingalwayshappensfun When we perform music at TV shows, we always try to do something that's not scripted because anything that's a surprise for the audience and the crew and the other performers, it works better on camera and for the people back home, too. Lukas Forchhammer surprisemusichomepeople The neighborhood where I live has little canals, and there are a lot of houseboats there. Lukas Forchhammer littlelivewhereneighborhood Seeing my child born is so much more important than anything else I've got going on. Lukas Forchhammer morechildbornimportant I always saw law as a performance, just like being on a stage. Lukas Forchhammer performancelikealwayslaw I'll probably stay in Copenhagen... I can keep writing songs about my local community and about crime. Lukas Forchhammer crimei-cancommunitywriting If I moved to L.A., I wouldn't move to a ghetto neighborhood. I'd move to some posh, fancy place. Lukas Forchhammer someplacefancyghetto I've always wanted to release records in America. That's where I believe the music belongs, and the style and the eclectic musical mix that we put together kind of belongs here. Lukas Forchhammer stylemusictogetherbelieve Listening to all these different musical genres from all over the world and listening to my father's record collection, the Irish folk influences from home. Of course they're all in there somewhere hiding within the lyrics and melodies. But rap music was the biggest influence on my way of writing and my performing. Lukas Forchhammer musichomefatherworld If it was up to me, it would be nice not ever to get stopped on the street, because we just do music. I didn't do this to become a celebrity. Lukas Forchhammer streetmemusicnice
