Jens Lekman Quotes

It'd be nice to settle down in a great home instead of just moving around and stuff like that.

Ya gotta live somewhere, but also you GET to live somewhere.

Home is the grandest of all institutions.

Imagine yourself as a living house.

This profession has fed me creatively and allowed me to have a home life and a private life.

There is nothing more important than a good, safe, secure home.

Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.

Until a person has a home, they are always going to be dependent upon the system.

A house is a machine for living in.

I never thought about settling down. I was obsessed with my career - I was blinkered. I finally met a woman who was worthy of me. Then we settled down and had many children.

When men hear women want a commitment, they think it means commitment to a romantic relationship, but that's not it. It's a commitment to not floating around anymore. I want a guy who is entrenched in his own life. Entrenched is awesome.

A typical day in my writing life starts with looking at pictures of real estate online for at least 20 minutes. If I happen to be actually in the market for a house, I do this for 40 minutes. Then I walk my dog, come back home, and tell myself I can look at real estate for another five minutes.

I ended up living at OJ's because Nicole bought a home that no longer had a guest house. OJ offered his guest house to me. Anybody in LA looking for a place knows the best places to live are guest houses.

I really do feel like Los Angeles is my home now and, as cliche as this sounds, I felt like I found myself here and I really know who I am now. There was a long period like I was drifting or floating through life, and now I feel like I have a definitive target - and future.

When I first met my wife, I really just settled down quite a bit and I started living a much cleaner lifestyle. I was able to concentrate on things that I neglected in the past a little more and I was spending a lot more time at home than I normally would.

From Plymouth Rock to Puget Sound, the first priority of the men and women who settled this vast and blessed continent was to put a roof over the heads of their family. And that priority has never, and can never, change.

Without land we are not secure. The reason I am saying land is important, is that when you look at the trees, you feel satisfied. Not because you have eaten, but because it is your land. Without land you are like a bird that is flying from one place to another without a nest. That is why land is important.

I'm the kind of person who is always thinking, 'What if we had to spend the rest of our lives in a particular place?'

I don't want to be on the road all my life.

Housing is absolutely essential to human flourishing. Without stable shelter, it all falls apart.

I have a wife and young baby, and having them with me in England will help me settle.

I've experienced different opportunities and countries, and it's been fun but I want to be settled and find a club where I'm happy and enjoying my football. I got sick of the whole moving around thing.

If your life's at a juncture and you need to think about things, there's nowhere better than home. However old you are.

Only the home can found a state.