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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!’

Bjork

I’m self-sufficient. I spend a lot of time on my own and I shut off quite easily. When I communicate, I communicate 900 per cent, then I shut off, which scares people sometimes.
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Communicate Easily People Scare Self
When I was a teenager in Iceland people would throw rocks and shout abuse at me because they thought I was weird. I never got that in London no matter what I wore.
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Country Iceland Rocks Teenager
If I had a philosophy, it’s that I support the beautiful side of anarchy.
BJORK

Beautiful Philosophy Support
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.
BJORK

Albums People Years
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.
BJORK

Country Healthy Iceland
There is this stereotype of Icelanders all believing in spirits, and I’ve played up to that a bit in interviews.
BJORK

Believe Interview Spirit
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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Emotional Movement Political
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.
BJORK

Guy Ideas Thinking
Girls now are also faced with different problems. I’ve been guilty of one thing: After being the only girl in bands for 10 years.
BJORK

Faced Girl Guilty Leaned Ten Years
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.
BJORK

Back Done Few Inspired Show
Every time there’s a new format, the iron is hot, and you can mold it.
BJORK

Every Format Mold Time
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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Awards Eggs Input
I’m no buddhist, but this is fu**ing enlightmentment
BJORK

Buddhist Enlightenment Hope
I have always had a certain song in my head, a certain chemistry of sounds.
BJORK

Chemistry Song Sound
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.
BJORK

Composition Country Firsts Iceland
Solar power, wind power, the way forward is to collaborate with nature – it’s the only way we are going to get to the other end of the 21st century.
BJORK

Century Forward Way Wind

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