I grew up playing classical guitar, so everything I learned was rooted in technique, form, presentation.

- Anna Ternheim

Singing in second language makes you brave in a way you're not aware of. You say things in very blunt ways or direct ways. It sets your mind free bec…

- Anna Ternheim

I think it's always been very natural. I don't write a diary - it's reflections and thoughts and feelings that come to me at a certain point, and whe…

- Anna Ternheim

I love melody, and that's what I love about pop music. The words can become what they are through a special melody. I learned to play guitar by mysel…

- Anna Ternheim

For me, the guitar was just a tool to make songs. I started when I was 10 - I learned what I had to learn to get my ideas across. I always felt I was…

- Anna Ternheim

There's no right or wrong - I think people can be messy in a very soulful way. The point in the end is to make people feel something, and there's so …

- Anna Ternheim

I've learned after doing a couple records that if it feels good and it's easy, then that's usually a good sign. And that feeling sorta went with us t…

- Anna Ternheim

When I went, I hadn't had very much time to have hopes or expectations. I knew very little about Nashville, and I think that was probably good. When …

- Anna Ternheim

I did my last year of high school as an exchange student. I lived south of the Atlanta, in a quite strange place - real southern. I formed my first b…

- Anna Ternheim