It's funny, I really feel like I've learned a lot in my career but I still feel like a child. Like, an 11-year-old? I think it will be like that all my life, actually.

The best present I have ever received was when I was about 13 and I got a really cool pair of black fake buffalo shoes. I was so happy about them. They were fake but I was ok with that.

What I love about working with Diplo is that it feels very free and fluid - we can work on a song apart from each other or in the studio, and it's always, 'Let's brainstorm, here are new ideas.' I like that kind of workflow, where it's constantly moving.

For me, it's all about making a song that communicates something to a big crowd, but you still feel like it's authentic to who you are. That's that kind of pop that I hope and wish to do.

When I'm in a session with someone I don't know, I like hanging out for a moment and talking and seeing if we can find some similarities in whatever conversation we're having. The best thing is when you just go for it - just do something that feels good and makes you feel free in the moment.

I remember coming home when I was 14 and being like, 'Yeah, I'm a communist now!'

I think it's very important of course that you're politically aware of what you do.

In Denmark we're so privileged. You get money to study, you get money if you're sick and you get money if your hand hurts. It's hard to be critical of people who are sick getting money, but in Denmark everyone gets money thrown at them and it makes them lazy.

I feel so grateful for the whole ride that I've been on.

When I talk to older people, they're like, 'you know what Karen? Life will always offer you new situations where you'll feel totally inexperienced.' But I think that's a good thing because without struggle you don't learn anything, and if you stop learning, you stop living, you know?

I think I would like to kiss Darth Vader.

The best pop songs are the ones that show that person's personality. It's harder to do those singles because the stars, moon and sun have to align and the audience have to be ready, but it's worth waiting for it.

It's always been a mantra to me, when making music or creating art, that you have to be vulnerable.

As a kid I was super into all kinds of pop. It wasn't until I became a teenager that I moved more into alternative music and punk rock.

I've been a fan of House of Holland for a couple of years now and I actually had a secret dream of working with the brand one day! So obviously I was super thrilled when I got this chance!

I have a crazy imagination, and it's a visual one that can be scary from time to time.

When I was seven-years-old I discovered the Spice Girls. I fell in love immediately, and I decided I wanted to be a musician myself. This became my goal and my biggest passion to strive for. And so I dressed up as a pop star at Halloween 1996.

I love mainstream music.

So many people have opinions and try to guide you, and everyone has the best intentions, but it makes it harder to cut through the noise and be like 'wow, this is what I really want to do.'

It's like when something good is happening with young people, then the old, grey people in power will be like: 'No! It cannot be like this!'

For me, as an artist, I think you have to experiment.

In my heart I believe that the best pop is the weird stuff.

In my heart, I want to believe I shouldn't give up anything to become a huge pop star.

I don't know if Kim Gordon does collaborations but I'd love to work with her on something one day.

Everything changed after 'Lean On.'

When I was around 12 or 13 my older brother had this friend who was a goth. He was dressed all in black... You know like super, super goth! I was just so drawn to that darkness and weirdness. I just wanted to rebel. And now that I think about it, rebel against what? I mean I have lovely parents and brother and things were always very great.

As a teenager my favorite band was Sonic Youth, and everything they did was always obviously them, and always so artistic. There was another layer of meaning, underneath everything, that you could search for.

I have been a huge fan of ABRA ever since I discovered her in 2016. I love her gloomy fresh universe and her youthful unique vocals. Also I find her lyrics and visual output super exciting.

I was always into the West Coast rap, the production and the flows were always more appealing to me. I think my rapping days are over though.

I think it's to do what's important to you, and having a lot of people - hopefully - listening to your work. It also involves being a credible artist, and being able to reach out to those who will buy into it for some other reason. But on a more personal level, success comes from having many close and strong relationships.

I love a kind of androgynous look and then let the accessories / clothes shape it.

I think books make you think in a different way than movies and documentaries.

Everything has always been so organic for me; I have no idea what I would be doing if it wasn't for music. Music forever!

A lot of my songs are about being a teenager with a tornado in your head.

I had never in my wildest dreams imagined that I would actually be singing on a top 10 Billboard song.

I really like FKA twigs. She's wonderful. She's so cool. Like, insanely cool.

I've been in many bands and every time I try to be a character that's not me it has failed miserably.

If you stick with one sound and one way of working, how will you ever progress?

Life was so easy as a child, maybe you fall over and you cry but you get back up again.

I'm such a pleaser - I want everyone around me to be happy - so it took a while for me to get to a point where I could say 'no, I need to be happy with everything that I put out.' I want it to be right.

I've always wanted to make songs.

I definitely think the best songs are written when you feel something strongly.

I do always like to sing Lana Del Rey, just because I know all her songs. But people at karaoke always want something up-tempo. Sometimes the energy level will change from 'party' to 'emotional,' which I think is great but some people don't.

The first song I ever wrote was called 'Because I Love You.' I was very inspired by the Spice Girls and they were singing about love and stuff and I was seven.

You start off at an early age dreaming about love, but you have no idea how it will be.

I love those days when you get up super early and get stuff done.

I love to watch people not care too much about the choreography, or if they sing perfectly, or if the right label people are there to watch them. It's just about letting go and being crazy and engaging people in dance and madness - being a human instead of a doll.

My music is about all these things that happen to you while growing up in search for some kind of truth.

The thing I loved about my old punk band, it wasn't really about being vulnerable, it was about shouting and being fun and being aggressively political, which I thought was really cool and really fit that energy.

Back in the day I had a tendency to fall in love with people who were very challenging to be in a relationship with. But truth was I just loved the fire and the drama.