Jens Lekman Quotes

A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.

I think all the best songs do that: they offer some sort of hope and light in the darkness.

All I can do with my music is try and be a light for people who are in a dark time.

I want to show people no matter what they go through there's a light at the end of the tunnel.

No matter how dark and gloomy it looks in your life right now, if you'll release the weight of those burdens, you will see the sun break forth.

Maybe the light's at the other end of the tunnel.

It is a huge danger to pretend that awful things do not happen. But you need enough hope to keep going. I am trying to make hope. Flowers grow out of darkness.

If you hear a good song, it makes you hopeful like, 'That is out there.'

It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.

Problems will disappear as darkness disappears with the onset of light.

This CD became something of a personal journey for me. The tone of the whole CD is uplifting and inspirational. It's an upper. We have enough downers in the world.

With whatever talent and resources I have, I'm trying to bring light to penetrate the darkness many people feel.

I've always just had sort of a dark take on life, I suppose, and hopefully, the music transcends that in a way.

And woven into the fabric of this harsh existence was music.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel... hopefully its not a freight train!

Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition.

Some actors couldn't figure out how to withstand the constant rejection. They couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel.

The best music is essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.

When one sings, one does not speak about the problems of the every day. One speaks about the things which inspire us, which helped us.

I've been through some dark times but I've experienced joy too. Now that joy can't be suppressed.

If I'm going to be a pessimist, then I should just stop writing for young people because that's too heavy a burden to put on young readers. But also, I get to meet with people who have waded through horrible things, and they get up every morning, and they try to do their best.

I can understand the validity of showing people the ugliness of the world, but I also think there is a place for movies to leave people with a sense of hope.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

In times of war, starvation, hunger and injustice, such tragedy can only be put aside if you allow yourself to be uplifted through music, film and dance.

When you look on the bright side, you're acknowledging that there is a dark side at which you are choosing not to gaze. If you think that the darkest hour is before the dawn, you accept that you are moving from darkness to light.