Jens Lekman Quotes

I've learned that I need to spell out, even in cases seemingly so blatant, that in fact I am not taking this at face value and am being 'sarcastic.'

Sarcasm doesn't read sarcastic in print.

Sarcasm is lost in print.

Sarcasm is weird. Even not in acting, in life I feel like 'sarcastic' is a word that people use to describe me sometimes so when I meet someone, it's almost like they feel like they have to also be sarcastic, but it can sometimes just come off as mean if it's not used in the right way.

I can be a very sarcastic person, and sometimes people take every word I say literally.

Sarcasm doesn't translate in print at all.

I like double entendre because then the people who get it enjoy it, and the people who don't get it don't know about it.

I really didn't say everything I said.

I never say what I mean, but I always manage to say something similar.

There is a single entendre, but I don't know about a triple one.

Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it.

If I turn out to be particularly clear, you've probably misunderstood what I've said.

There are elements of irony in my work, of course.

You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said 'Parking Fine.' So that was nice.

I was the class innuendist.

Some sarcasm is best told simply.

I understand your new play is full of single entendres.

A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect.

A lot of truth is said in jest.

Irony is a great tool to deal with things. It's an intellectualization, a way to go above things, which can work.

Irony is just honesty with the volume cranked up.

Sometimes I am so dry that people don't know I'm kidding and think I'm being serious. I enjoy this because their reactions are often funny.

It seems like people want to blame me for everything. Whenever any issue arises, I'm said to have been involved even if I've had nothing to do with it. That's why I always focus on what I know, which is playing football, and try to be very careful with what I say because people always try and twist things.

I don't know what flirting is, really. Sometimes in women, friendliness comes across as flirting. That is not what it is.

You had to learn at a certain age what sarcasm is, you know?