National Geographic contacted me about getting on their label, and I was like, ‘Wow, I want to be label mates with the sharks and lemurs!’
BJORKNational Geographic contacted me about getting on their label, and I was like, ‘Wow, I want to be label mates with the sharks and lemurs!’
BJORKHow could I be so immature to think you could replace the missing elements in me. How extremely lazy of me.
BJORKPeople are always asking me about eskimos, but there are no eskimos in Iceland.
BJORKI don’t expect people to get me. That would be quite arrogant. I think there are a lot of people out there in the world that nobody gets.
BJORKWhat probably confuses people is they know a lot about me, but it quite pleases me that there’s more they don’t know.
BJORKSeventy per cent humidity is ideal for vocal cords.
BJORKI get embarrassed listening to my last CDs. I’ve got a lot of work to do, let’s put it that way.
BJORKI lose energy and I can’t do as many things as I want. So I have to plan days when I’m not doing anything. I find that a bit boring, but it’s necessary.
BJORKThere are certain emotions in your body that not even your best friend can sympathize with, but you will find the right film or the right book, and it will understand you.
BJORKI am grateful… grapefruit.
BJORKIf nothing else, I have money.
BJORKEverything that a guy says once, you have to say five times.
BJORKI want to support young girls who are in their 20s now and tell them: You’re not just imagining things. It’s tough. Everything that a guy says once, you have to say five times.
BJORKI will go in a room and hear the people perform and then change it through what I hear, not on paper. I can read music OK, but I probably rebelled a little – music changes into something else when you read it.
BJORKI don’t like records that are the same from beginning to end, that are too styled and slick.
BJORKSolar power, wind power, the way forward is to collaborate with nature – it’s the only way we are going to get to the other end of the 21st century.
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