“Christmas music is usually more concentrated pop music in a way. It's ...” — Jens Lekman Quote

“Christmas music is usually more concentrated pop music in a way. It's meant to make us feel good, and it's meant to make us like we belong somewhere.”

“The idea of printing out something that's as scary as a tumor into its concrete form was something that spoke to me - there is something very liberating about that idea.”

“I try and take it for what it is, and I'm very at peace with the fact that when I'm done with the songs, they don't belong to me anymore. They belong to the listeners.”

“What I found out on Christmas Day 1984, through biochemical evidence, was that telomeres could be lengthened by the enzyme we called telomerase, which keeps the telomeres from wearing down. After I found that out, I went home and put on Bruce Springsteen's 'Born in the USA,' which was just out, and I danced and danced and danced.”

“There are a lot of Grinches out there that would like nothing better than to take any references to religion out of the holiday season.”

“A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.”