“There's a great relationship between pop music and the way the body could be seen from the inside - when I was singing or listening to music I would change shape in my head, becoming all kinds of things and people. Music is a way of making your body.” PeopleWayKindBodyListeningBecomingShapesMusic IsSingingPopsYour BodyAll KindsListening To MusicPop MusicGreat Relationship Author:Jenny Hval
“Very devoted religious people are so extroverted, but at the same time, they're so repressed sexually and so conservative. I've never been able to understand that combination, but I'm fascinated by it.” PeopleAbleReligiousConservativeCombinationFascinatedDevotedSexuallyRepressed Author:Jenny Hval
“If you believe that you have nothing to fight for, that just means the people in power, and the people with money, can sneak anything into your life. Everything can be taken away from you.” PeopleIfsBelieveMeanFightingTakenIf You BelieveAway From YouSneak Author:Jenny Hval
“I disagree very strongly with people saying "that battle is over." If you've started a battle, I don't think it ever ends. The illusion that it's ended can reverse any good results that have come from it.” PeopleIfsThinkingEndsResultsBattleIllusionDisagreeVery StrongReverse Author:Jenny Hval
“I'm inspired by that rawness in very direct communication. My work is not meant to keep people happy or give them an escape.” PeopleGivingCommunicationDirectInspiredRawnessDirect Communication Author:Jenny Hval
“On an emotional level, I don't want to be a guide. I want people to hear things and experience them their own way.” PeopleWayWantLevelsEmotionalGuides Author:Jenny Hval
“When I write stuff that's provocative, I want people to think about that, too. I'm in between a pop musician and an artist in that way. I want people to be part of the music as they listen, but I also want them to think: What was that?” PeopleThinkingWayWantWritingArtistStuffMusicianPopsPop MusicProvocative Author:Jenny Hval
“I couldn't even have a guitar. But I got a three-track recorder that was so small that I could take it with me. Then I started recording and writing properly. I recorded lots of voices, not just my own. I was interested in people speaking and singing English and trying out words.” PeopleWritingTryingThreeVoiceMy OwnSingingGuitarTrackRecorders Author:Jenny Hval
“I'm obsessed with voices in film. I have this memory of how people say words, even on the most intensely stupid reality TV show.” PeopleShowsRealityFilmVoiceMemoriesStupidTvsObsessedTv ShowsReality Tv Author:Jenny Hval
