“When I was a kid, I had a period in my life when I was eight or nine w...” — Jens Lekman Quote

“When I was a kid, I had a period in my life when I was eight or nine when I was so scared of dying that I wouldn't go out of our house for a whole year. I refused to step out of the door because I thought something would happen. I had all these compulsive thoughts or whatever, and my head was really messed up.”

“I realize that 'Postcards' was like input, and 'Ghostwriting' was output. I had all these frustrations and feelings before I did those two projects. 'Postcards' was something that brought new life and creative inspiration into the record, while 'Ghostwriting' was relieving myself.”

“Once I'm comfortable with someone, I'm not reserved. I'm a compulsive confessor.”

“I've got a lot of little compulsive problems, and I've thought about it a lot. And one of the things I ask myself is, 'What are the things I can do that won't hurt me and will help me?' The first answer is work.”

“I think I have minor obsessive compulsive disorder. Everything has to be tidy and just right.”