I’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.
BJORKI 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.
More Bjork Quotes
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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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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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i’m back at my cliff still throwing things off i listen to the sounds they make on their way down i follow him with my eyes ’till they crash imagine what my body would sound like slamming against those rocks.
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Emotions weren’t created to just lie around. You should experience things to the full. I’ve got a sense of the clock ticking.
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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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Declare independence, don’t let them do that to you!
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Icelandic people are really educated. But maybe we are at where the people in the States were 50 years ago, where they think that stuff that isn’t done with a hammer or physical power is not a job. It’s that backwards.
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I do try and wear stuff by unknown designers, and I make sure I pay because if nothing else I have money.
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Every time there’s a new format, the iron is hot, and you can mold it.
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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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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 a fountain of blood in the shape of a girl . . . leave me now return tonight tide will show you the way if you forget my name you will go astray like a killer whale trapped in a bay
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When I was 18, science, physics, and math were my favorite. I was a bit of a nerd – the only girl with a lot of boys at chess championships.
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It wasn’t just one journalist getting it wrong, everybody was getting it wrong.
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It’s incredible how nature sets females up to take care of people, and yet it is tricky for them to take care of themselves.
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