For a person as obsessed with music as I am, I always hear a song in the back of my head, all the time, and that usually is my own tune. I’ve done that all my life.
BJORKSometimes when I write lyrics there are images in them, usually on a quite simplistic level, like colors. But most often music comes first and then later I sit down with visual people and we chat about what we want to do. I don’t look at myself as a visual artist. I make music.
More Bjork Quotes
-
-
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.
BJORK -
People that complete other people’s vision are understated.
BJORK -
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.
BJORK -
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.
BJORK -
Love is a two way dream.
BJORK -
Nature is our chapel.
BJORK -
There are certain emotions in your body that not even your best friend can sympathize with, but you will find the right film or the right book, and it will understand you.
BJORK -
We’re always mourning things that have died. It’s a bit much sometimes. These studios have no fresh air, and there’s this unwritten rule that they don’t have windows, either.
BJORK -
I love being a very personal singer-songwriter, but I also like being a scientist or explorer.
BJORK -
When I write a song, I see a tunnel, and then the chorus is an open space, or the bassline is doing this shape. I see songs as a more of a geometric, spacial experience.
BJORK -
Declare independence, don’t let them do that to you!
BJORK -
I’m not that keen on fierce dictatorship. I think that sort of the point of working with somebody is them coming up with stuff and feeling free to do that.
BJORK -
I don’t like records that are the same from beginning to end, that are too styled and slick.
BJORK -
The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy.
BJORK -
I have written most of my melodies walking and I feel it is definitely one of the most helpful ways of sewing all of the different things in your life together and seeing the whole picture.
BJORK