HELSINKI - Per was interviewed this evening on Finnish TV in a weekly series called Popsmart where popular musicians are interviewed for a half an hour. During Per's interview they also showed clips from Gyllene Tider movie "Parkliv" and from many Roxette videos, as well as the full "A Thing About You" video.

  Per was interviewed in an EMI Sweden conference room that had the walls covered with Roxette gold and platinum records. Per feels himself uneasy in that room. "I don't have any gold records or MTV Awards at my home," says Per. "I don't want to be stuck with the past. I want to look forward."

  According to Per, it's hard to make good songs, but it helps to love your work. "Marie and I are the biggest fans of Roxette," he says quoting ABBA's Benny Andersson, who once said he's the biggest fan of his own music. "Marie and I love Roxette and the music we make." But it doesn't come easy: Per says he writes maybe one good song a month and 50 bad ones.

  "It's hard for me to listen to Top 40 music, the same music I write myself," says Per. "I start to think about it too technically; 'this singing is too anemic', 'this echo is strange'. At home I often listen to jazz. John Coltrane, Norah Jones… and I love Alison Krauss' country music."

  "I would love to make film music. There's an almost instrumental song on the new album that would make good film score," says Per. "People have asked me to write a musical, but I won't. I hate musicals!"