I feel like the people from Iceland have a different relationship with their country than other places.
BJORKIf I had a philosophy, it’s that I support the beautiful side of anarchy.
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How could I be so immature to think you could replace the missing elements in me. How extremely lazy of me.
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It’s important at that age to set up something, and then maybe afterwards you can go study your violin for 500 hours a week. But at least in the beginning you know about the options.
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All we had ever heard about record company people is that they were vampires and criminals…and they killed Elvis Presley.
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When I write a song, I see a tunnel, and then the chorus is an open space, or the bassline is doing this shape. I see songs as a more of a geometric, spacial experience.
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Love is a two way dream.
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People that complete other people’s vision are understated.
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The reason I do interviews is because I’m protecting my songs.
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I don’t like records that are the same from beginning to end, that are too styled and slick.
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People from the rock and roll world have felt for years that electronic music had no soul, but now electronic music can not only have soul but have all the shapes in the world.
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I’m not as religious as some people about “the album.” To be honest, that was a product of a format. You had vinyl, and you could fit five songs on each side, and that’s 45 minutes.
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Icelandic people are really educated. But maybe we are at where the people in the States were 50 years ago, where they think that stuff that isn’t done with a hammer or physical power is not a job. It’s that backwards.
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Declare independence, don’t let them do that to you!
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I definitely can feel the third or fourth feminist wave in the air, so maybe this is a good time to open that Pandora’s box a little bit and air it out.
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It takes a long time to fully become who you are.
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There is this stereotype of Icelanders all believing in spirits, and I’ve played up to that a bit in interviews.
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