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.
BJORKAnd then within the past 10 years Iceland discovered the stock market and it just went, went, went, went, went. I think it hit a roof and it’s just crashed. Just a small percentage of the nation did a lot of damage.
More Bjork Quotes
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I want to support young girls who are in their 20s now and tell them: You’re not just imagining things. It’s tough.
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I am grateful… grapefruit.
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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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I feel the 21st century is another new age. Not only can we collaborate again with nature, but we have to. It’s an emergency.
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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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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 funny how the hippies and the punks tried to get rid of the conservatives, but they always seem to get the upper hand in the end.
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When I met Apple, I made it very clear that I am an old punk and I have never done commercials or been sponsored. And I wasn’t after their money.
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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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I love England. It’s no coincidence it’s the first place I moved to for a more cosmopolitan life, which is the only thing Iceland lacks.
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The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy.
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Love is a two way dream.
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If you wake up / And the day feels broken / Just lean into the crack
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When I started writing, I fought against it. I thought it was way too boring and predictable. But most of the time, it just happens; there’s nothing you can do. You have to let it be what it is.
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I want to support young girls who are in their 20s now and tell them: You’re not just imagining things. It’s tough. Everything that a guy says once, you have to say five times.
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