Part of me is probably more conservative than people realise. I like my old string quartets, I don’t like music that’s trippy for trippy’s sake.
BJORKAll we had ever heard about record company people is that they were vampires and criminals…and they killed Elvis Presley.
More Bjork Quotes
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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 one of the most idiosyncratic people around.
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I have always had a certain song in my head, a certain chemistry of sounds.
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People are always going to need physicality; they’re going to want to meet other people even more. I’ve got faith in the physical angle. People have their needs. They won’t forget about them.
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I mean, I’ve never been thinking that if you’re a fan you have to buy everything that somebody puts out. I mean, you’ve got a choice. If you don’t want it, just don’t buy it. It’s also a reaction to YouTube and sharing of files.
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What probably confuses people is they know a lot about me, but it quite pleases me that there’s more they don’t know.
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I was very aware when I went to the Academy Awards that it would probably be my first and last time. So I thought my input should really be about fertility, and I thought I’d bring some eggs.
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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!’
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i thrive best hermit style. with a beard and a pipe.
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I knew if certain people recommended something, it would be good. There’s always going to be those people. It just depends on what they’re called: curators or radio jockeys or bloggers.
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They design telephones to look great, but they sound horrible. I think it was about time that the other senses were celebrated.
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I’m not that keen on fierce dictatorship. I think that sort of the point of working with somebody is them coming up with stuff and feeling free to do that.
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A lot of it is really bad sound, really low quality. So the librarian in me wants it at least to exist there so that in 20 years when I’m sitting in my rocking chair, it will still exist in the best sound quality possible, even though it only sold 1000 units or whatever.
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I try not to record them on my Dictaphone when I first hear them. If I forget all about it and it pops up later on, then I know it’s good enough. I let my subconscious do the editing for me.
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I just feel like making things solar-powered and wind-powered should be as easy as using an iPad.
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