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I don't necessarily love all the collaborations that I've done the more I work with other people, the more I realize that I want to work with myself.

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Lykke Li
Age: 38
Born: 1986
Born: March 18
Film Actor
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Singer-Songwriter
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Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson
Lykke Zachrisson
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