Sondre Lerche

Sometimes you make a record that is what you want to hear. I've made a couple of those, idealized creations of what I wanted to hear. Then there are records that are what you feel.

History shows us that the songs - the myth, the experience and the emotion - live longer the less you explain.

I feel, in a way, on a record, you can be more subtle. In the live setting, everything gets amplified. The dynamics are more extreme in concert.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

I miss America because it's where I grew up. I miss the size of the roads, the size of cars, the malls, the choices of radio.

I've done gospel songs on every album.