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If you listen too much to doubts you're totally lost.

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Yukimi Nagano
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: January 31
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Göteborg
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I don't write hits. If you just open that door, you're going to get a hit.
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Swedes, compared to Americans, can seem a little cold and introverted.
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To foster creativity, I think a little pressure can be good, but stress isn't good. Knowing that you have a defined window of time and you're going to dedicate your attention to it is a positive - but you can't think of it as needing a track that's going to change your life.
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If you're just starting off as an artist, steal as much inspiration from everything you like, as much as you can. Take from books, from poets, from musicians. Just steal stuff from all over the place and then mix it up to make something of your own.
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Once you've had a real taste of touring it's like, Okay, it's pretty amazing that we have real fans and we can go out and play shows, but you start to feel a personal need, like, Okay, I think it's time to go home for a minute.
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You want inspiration to come in a natural way and let it happen when it's going to happen. The last thing you want is this ghost looming over you saying it has to be good - remember that feeling of loving what you do, and don't let the business aspect murder that. It takes away the creativity for me.
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I've worked with a lot of different producers, a lot of different writers on the album, so I mostly feel like I learned a lot about what I don't want to do the next time around.
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I feel like fans really want to spread the word about the band. I guess when you've done three records, you feel that you really start to appreciate it. We're looking at it all and it's just like, wow. You appreciate it differently when you work hard for it.
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A tiny detail can make you feel completely different. I feel different if I wear something that I'm slightly uncomfortable in.
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I feel like there are a lot of artists that you could put together that you love, but it doesn't necessarily mean it's going to make amazing music. Giving an artist a great theme to write about doesn't mean the song's going to be good.
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I think most people get hit by the music first and you can be singing along and realize a song has this melancholy feel. As Swedes, I think we see a beauty in melancholy. You're heartbroken, you're looking out the window and you feel really at ease in the pain. I have so many memories as a teenager with music, sad music, but I was just so into it.
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I feel like I'm still learning a lot with writing lyrics. In the beginning, like the first record, I wasn't so aware.
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I am a creative person and it's important for me to get that out there, kind of like eating food. It's something I need to do to feel happy. It's some kind of drive and I don't know how to explain what the reason is, but it's something I have a need to do.
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It's weird with making music - you can have no vibe while you're working on something and recognize that the music was special afterwards. And it happens to me while I am working on my own music, as well! One minute you hate it, and then a few years you're obsessed with a little beat you did, and the opposite.
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Keep at something even when you don't feel inspired. Don't wait for inspiration! I write a lot of songs that are terrible, in the hopes that one song that has something special comes out of it. Just stay at something, and write every day if you're writing lyrics.
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Have your own definition of success. Figure it out for yourself. If you really want to be the next Rihanna or whatever you've got to understand what that takes. Or if you want to be the Brian Eno - or whatever it is - who knows? Define for yourself what success means.
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As an artist, let the creativity be the priority as often as you can, even though we all understand that there are bills to pay. My favorite artists are those who have always kept a strong creative image and their vision for their art at the forefront.
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I really like our studio. It's definitely not in any way slick it's very homemade, literally. Everyone has their own room to produce and write, and [there's a] big rehearsal space.
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I find it a little stressful when you're in a really nice studio and you feel time ticking and the bill getting higher.
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It can be tricky with branding these days, because everything is kind of branded.
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