Maybe that was a strange, personal job between me and myself, to show how overreaching I was being as a woman. The only way I could express that was by comparing it to the universe.
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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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 lose energy and I can’t do as many things as I want. So I have to plan days when I’m not doing anything. I find that a bit boring, but it’s necessary.
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I get embarrassed listening to my last CDs. I’ve got a lot of work to do, let’s put it that way.
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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 not as religious as some people about “the album.” To be honest, that was a product of a format. You had vinyl, and you could fit five songs on each side, and that’s 45 minutes.
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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 am one of the most idiosyncratic people around.
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A lot of it is really bad sound, really low quality. So the librarian in me wants it at least to exist there so that in 20 years when I’m sitting in my rocking chair, it will still exist in the best sound quality possible, even though it only sold 1000 units or whatever.
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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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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 don’t like records that are the same from beginning to end, that are too styled and slick.
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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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Our times seem to be so much about redefining where we are physical and where we’re not.
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Declare independence, don’t let them do that to you!
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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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