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.
BJORKThe reason I do interviews is because I’m protecting my songs.
More Bjork Quotes
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Seventy per cent humidity is ideal for vocal cords.
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There’s something about the rhythm of walking, how, after about an hour and a half, the mind and body can’t help getting in sync.
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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 try not to record them on my Dictaphone when I first hear them. If I forget all about it and it pops up later on, then I know it’s good enough. I let my subconscious do the editing for me.
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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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Everything is so designed and airbrushed and Botoxed, it makes us think, ‘Oh, everybody’s perfect except me. Everything’s smooth except me.’ But nothing is smooth.
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I’ve written arrangements for choirs and strings in the past, but I usually write music with my voice or a keyboard and then I’ll get someone who is good at writing scores to write it out. Or, if I have the luxury of time.
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If travel is searching and home what’s been found, I’m not stopping. I’m going hunting.
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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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I don’t really have an ego. I’m not that bothered.
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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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I think every year brings unknowns that you have to deal with and handle, confront and embrace.
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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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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.
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People are always asking me about eskimos, but there are no eskimos in Iceland.
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Now that rock is turning 50, it’s become classical in itself. It’s interesting to see that development.
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Every time there’s a new format, the iron is hot, and you can mold it.
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The reason I do interviews is because I’m protecting my songs.
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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 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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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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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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If nothing else, I have money.
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They design telephones to look great, but they sound horrible. I think it was about time that the other senses were celebrated.
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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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Most people’s eyes are much better developed than their ears. If they see a certain emotion in the photograph, then they’ll understand the music.
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