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First of all I want to say that I am very honoured and happy to write this text about you - my sister. I clearly remember the telephone call we had in February 2006. I called you up to see how you were doing and you said that you had a friend over helping you out in the bedroom. I said I was sorry to interrupt and was about to hang up when you started to go on about your new solo project. After clearing the first minor misunderstanding you told me that you and your friend were in the bedroom recording the songs for your upcoming demo. My first thought was okay, another one of your musical projects. I have heard you singing everything from opera, classical, musical, jazz, blues to rock, in musicals, shows and in different constellations of bands during the years, but as much as I knew your last band had recently split up. I have to admit that at that point I did not take your new project too seriously. Then you told me that you had bought yourself a piano and now you were going to do your own thing with just your voice and a piano. That was the part when I got really sceptical. I asked you if I had missed something because as much as I knew you had not touched a piano since you were forced to play an instrument in Junior school. You said: “that’s correct but what the hell, I don’t need to play that well to make it sound nice”. A few weeks later the demo arrived in the mail and all I could do was to admit that you were right. What I got to hear was the first stage of what was going to be Miss Li, a hint of what was to come. You started performing in bars and clubs and all I could think was that this has been typical you - for all your life - you decide to do something that you really want, throw yourself out without a parachute and you make a perfect landing. Since the first demo and performances you have found yourself some amazing musicians, Clas Lassbo on contrabass and Gustav Nahlin on drums, who will back you up on the record and gigs. Here you are, nine months after our telephone call, with your debut album in your hand, and a heart filled with expectations, pride and joy. I know that your wish is not to conquer the world, Sweden or anything at all, but to make people happy. All I can say is that your intense, ironical, cheerful, naïve and self exposed songs - with a huge portion of self distance – comes straight from your heart and will make people dance for a long time. Even mum and dad are dancing. Best wishes and all my love Cecilia, October 2006 (source: www.missli.se)