Sometimes 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.
BJORKI am one of the most idiosyncratic people around.
More Bjork Quotes
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I miss you, but I haven’t met you yet!
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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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You want people to take risks, and OK, they fail, but you don’t get the great stuff unless people are willing to risk and not play it safe. And maybe the Icelandic characteristic is better harnessed in these places than on the stock market.
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People from the rock and roll world have felt for years that electronic music had no soul, but now electronic music can not only have soul but have all the shapes in the world.
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I 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.
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I’m no buddhist, but this is fu**ing enlightmentment
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I mean, I’ve never been thinking that if you’re a fan you have to buy everything that somebody puts out. I mean, you’ve got a choice. If you don’t want it, just don’t buy it. It’s also a reaction to YouTube and sharing of files.
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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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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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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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Everything that a guy says once, you have to say five times.
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I’ve been traveling in Guatemala in the rainforest, and here all these houses are made of sticks. It seems so easy to make one.
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I guess I’m quite used to not being understood rather than being understood.
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I am grateful… grapefruit.
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I am one of the most idiosyncratic people around.
BJORK