There’s something about the rhythm of walking, how, after about an hour and a half, the mind and body can’t help getting in sync.
BJORKI’d done three solo albums in a row, and that’s quite narcissistic.
More Bjork Quotes
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It seems that most the world is driven by the eye, right? They design cities to look great but they always sound horrible …
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Maybe it’s just a personal thing, but I get so much grounding from Iceland because I know it’s always going to be there.
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People ask me questions like, “Oh, you look so theatrical in your photographs. Is that what you’re like when you walk down the street?” It’s like, “Of course not.” It’s such a silly question – it’s like being theatrical is a crime.
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I 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.
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People that complete other people’s vision are understated.
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There 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.
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When I was 20, political music was the uncoolest thing on earth. But when Bush got elected, that was the first time I started actually reading the news.
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I learned what a lot of women have to do is make the guys in the room think it was their idea, and then you back them up.
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Usually when you see females in movies, they feel like they have these metallic structures around them, they are caged in by male energy.
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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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I am grateful… grapefruit.
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I 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.
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I get embarrassed listening to my last CDs. I’ve got a lot of work to do, let’s put it that way.
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In school, I guess I was a difficult, know-it-all type of student… I was always complaining that music education was too academic.
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Personally, I think choosing between men and women is like choosing between cake and ice cream. You’d be daft not to try both when there are so many different flavours.
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