I’m not wise, but the beginnings of wisdom are there; it’s like relaxing into – and accepting – things.
The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
At my age, you think about the afterlife. I’m mostly inclined to think there’s nothing there, but sometimes I can’t help but let my imagination run wild. My good friend Ulla Steen says she believes that all of us who like each other meet in the big angel bar where we are expected. I see myself arriving at the angel bar, and there’s my father, my husband and my son, and one of them says: “There’s Lise. Now we are four again for a l’hombre.
If someone offers you an amazing opportunity and you’re not sure you can do it, say yes – then learn how to do it later.
I dont do drugs. I am drugs.
The first time that I appeared on stage, it scared me to death. I really didn’t know what all the yelling was about. I didn’t realize that my body was moving. It’s a natural thing to me. So to the manager backstage I said, ‘What’d I do? What’d I do?’ And he said “Whatever it is, go back and do it again.
Our modern world places such heavy demands on our time and attention that the need to remember our responsibilities to others is greater than ever.
I am a bourgeois, but I am not a Left-woman. I was born a bourgeois, and I have always tried not to stand on a pedestal and say that I am a worker. That would be false talk. Nor during the many years when the red hirelings were around and held their noses at the thought of “Matador” and everything else I did. I’m not a peasant either. I was born a bourgeois, but that is why I can criticise the bourgeoisie and their shabby schemes, which I can easily see through.
In a rich man’s house, there is no place to spit in his face.
I don’t hate myself anymore. I used to hate my work, hate the sexy image, hate the pictures of me on stage, hate the big vulgar person. On stage, I act the whole time I’m there. As soon as I come out of those songs, I’m Tina again.
Now the gossip must stop. Now I’m tired of getting sucked into your columns. Then you must sue me if you dare.
Nogle gange ønsker folk ikke at høre sandheden, fordi de ikke vil have deres illusioner ødelagt.
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
If we think that the way we live is good enough, then we’re completely wrong. You have to be able to doubt so that you can see that it can be done differently.
Never stop being a good person because of bad people.
Cyclists live with pain. If you can’t handle it you will win nothing.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired at the age of eighteen.
I’ve never given myself a lot of credit because of my relationship with Ike. I was just happy when I started to like myself – when I got divorced and took control of my life.
I have a small walk-in closet, and it can easily turn into a recycling museum, so I’ve also learned to sort out. When you are as old as I am, it is very important not to get sloppy and wear boring clothes.
I was raised in a free and liberal home. I have never felt threatened by other cultures, other colors or other ways of thinking. In 30 years, there will be more and more colors in the minds of the people who walk around our streets. And we want to move around a lot more ourselves. It is also necessary that we open up if we are to remain strong at that time.
The longer I stay at home, the more homeless I look.
Everything sounds deep when you don’t read books.
Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.
If you can not join them, beat them.
The more you grow, the more you realize that nothing is more important than sleep.