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BJORKI’ve always had as many powerful, creative ladies in my life as I have men, and you could probably describe some of those relationships as romantic.
More Bjork Quotes
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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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I love being a very personal singer-songwriter, but I also like being a scientist or explorer.
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I feel like the people from Iceland have a different relationship with their country than other places.
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As a singer-songwriter, what I do is write about how the human feels.
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If you can make nature and technology friends, then you can make everyone friends; you can make everyone intact. That’s what women do a lot – they’re the glue between a lot of things.
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Everything is so designed and airbrushed and Botoxed, it makes us think, ‘Oh, everybody’s perfect except me. Everything’s smooth except me.’ But nothing is smooth.
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I’ve never done an album like this. With Biophilia, I was being like Kofi Annan – I had to be the pacifist to try to unite the impossible.
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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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If you were really good and practiced your violin for a few hours a day for ten years you might be invited to this VIP elite club.
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Now that rock is turning 50, it’s become classical in itself. It’s interesting to see that development.
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But I’m not interested in politics. I lose interest the microsecond it ceases to be emotional, when something becomes a political movement. What I’m interested in is emotions.
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You get inspired and you can go write one song from that, and then you go back and play a few shows. If I could’ve done that in the 90s, I would have.
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I’m not going to talk like I know about politics, because I’m a total amateur, but maybe I can be a spokesperson for people who aren’t normally interested in politics.
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I’ve always appreciated working with people I have chemistry with, who are friends, and where you feel that the work is growing while you are getting to know each other better.
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I think after Iceland’s independence in 1944, we were not very sure of ourselves and our confidence was really low. It took one generation to sort of get over that. I’m second generation.
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