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ðĒ “Absolutely, but we didn't set out to provoke. Being in a band allows you to push to the forefront, the traits of your personality that you wouldn't normally be able to expose. There is an enormous amount of freedom in terms of how we express ourselves lyrically, our music, our clothes. We started out being very honest about our lives, lifestyles. And for some reason that seemed to provoke and shock. But it was never the intention. And when it came to the amount of Press it generated, I say more Press the better! As a band, we don't have control over how we come across, and so to us, what people write about us is something we've come to not believe, because if you believe the good things, you have to believe the bad things, and neither is really true. It's what we in the band and people closest to us feel.“
ððĒðŠ ðŠðĒðĻðð ðŽðĒðĻ ðĶððŽ ðĶð§ðŽðð ððĄð ðð ððð ðĒðĄ-ðĶð§ððð ððŦðĢðĨððĶðĶ ððĄð ðĢðĨðĒðððð§ ðŠððĒ ðĢððððððĒ ððĨð?
ðĒ “Like I mentioned, it was never a calculated move at all. We didn't employ someone to come in and style us to look like a cross between... Jonas Brothers or Britney Spears. It was never a calculated, contrived image that we had. It was just that we embraced the freedom that it brought. I mean, why just go to the men's section when you have a whole more exciting, daring, colourful clothes in the women's section? Over the years it has become more well-tailored and functional. I mean, you can't perform in a PVC catsuit! Of course, more tasteful than in the early days... there were a whole lot of fashion crimes that we did commit.“
ðððĐð ðŽðĒðĻ ððĐððĨ ðððð§ ð§ððð§ ð§ðððĶ ðð ððð ðĒðĐðĨð§ðĶððððĒðŠðð ðŽðĒðĻðĨ ð ðĻðĶðð?
ðĒ “I suppose it did for a while. But with six albums under our belt, I think we kind of proved that the music is the reason we're here.“
ðŠððð§ ððĶ ð§ðð ðĒðĄð ðĪðĻððĶð§ððĒðĄ ðŽðĒðĻ'ðĐð ðððŠððŽðĶ ðŠððĄð§ðð ð ðĨððĢðĒðĨð§ððĨ ð§ðĒ ððĶð ððĻð§ ð§ðððŽ ðĄððĐððĨ ðððĐð?
ðĒ (Pause) “Well, that question! No, pretty much most questions have been asked.“
ðŠððð ð§ðððĄ, ðŠððð§ ðŠððĶ ð§ðð ðĪðĻððĶð§ððĒðĄ ð§ððð§ ðĶððĒðððð ðŽðĒðĻ ð§ðð ð ðĒðĶð§ ððĄ ððð ð§ðð ðŽðððĨðĶ ðĒð ððĄðð§ððĨðĐðððŠðĶ?
ðĒ “I have a bit of a goldfish memory when it comes to interviews (laugh). A lot of people probably imagine we like talking about ourselves, but we didn't set out to be a band that talks about ourselves. We express ourselves through our music instead.“
(Malaysian Today, "Six minutes with Stefan Olsdal", Apri#OlsdalQuote
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