Sondre Lerche (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈsɔn.dɾə ˈlæɾ.kə]; born 5 September 1982) is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and musician. He has released ten studio albums and multiple EPs. (wikipedia)
When I write, I'm sort of old-fashioned in the sense that I like to write something that I feel I could just perform alone, obviously, because I do that a lot in concert.
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.
I started trying to write songs when I was 8 or 9 years old.
I usually enter the studio with a mix of songs that I've been listening to that are relevant to the sound I want to achieve.
I work with really cool people, and so far I haven't been approached in any embarrassing manner when it comes to image.
I've come more to terms with the fact that I sound like myself. No matter what I do, I sound like myself.
Sometimes, you can't seem to find any song on the radio that you like.
There's a lot of crappy music that people like, you know, all over the world, and Norway is definitely not an exception.
You know, I play in small, intimate venues; I'm not an arena performer.
I don't particularly enjoy standing alone and recording my own voice or my own stuff. It's sometimes fun to do for demos and stuff, but I really enjoy the social act of recording records, because writing it is so lonely. And it has to be.