Agnes Obel

I don't have a classical-music mentality. I haven't been taught that way, and it doesn't fit my character, either.

I learned that music should be fun and should be a way to express yourself - that there aren't really any rules.

I wish my parents had been more strict and made me learn more instruments.

My first instrument was the piano; I played in the church, and before that I sang in church. I didn't learn the guitar until I was 24 years old.

I get a kick out of watching a team defense me. A player moves two steps in one direction and I hit it two steps the other way. It goes right by his glove and I laugh.

Marriage can be work, it can be difficult, it can be hard, but I think working through those times makes you stronger as a couple and as a unit.