Agnes Obel Quotes & Sayings

“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.”

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

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

“I really like Berlin! When I went there, it felt like a big city and a village all at the same time. I didn't really understand the place to begin with, but I was very curious, and I came home and told everyone that I'd be moving there. It was a leap into the darkness to see if it would work out, which it did, and I'm very happy living there now.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“I love the conversation between film and music.”

“The orchestral or symphonic music never interested me.”