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.
BJORKMaybe it’s just a personal thing, but I get so much grounding from Iceland because I know it’s always going to be there.
More Bjork Quotes
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Nature is our chapel.
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I have a very happy, healthy relationship with the country, so it’s really easy to go everywhere because I always have Iceland to go back to. It’s sort of a contradiction, but that’s how it works somehow.
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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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Over the last 10 years, there have been so many incredible albums created in bedrooms by people who never would’ve gotten an album deal.
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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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Seventy per cent humidity is ideal for vocal cords.
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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 get highs, to be totally honest, in second-hand shops. My hunting instinct, I expect, really kicks in.
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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 love being a very personal singer-songwriter, but I also like being a scientist or explorer.
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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 feel like the people from Iceland have a different relationship with their country than other places.
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We’re always mourning things that have died. It’s a bit much sometimes. These studios have no fresh air, and there’s this unwritten rule that they don’t have windows, either.
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Sometimes, when I have a lot of ideas and I want to do a lot of things, or when I’m traveling,
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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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