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.
BJORKIf you were really good and practiced your violin for a few hours a day for ten years you might be invited to this VIP elite club.
More Bjork Quotes
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People are always asking me about eskimos, but there are no eskimos in Iceland.
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Nature is our chapel.
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I’m a whisper in water.
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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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Love is a two way dream.
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I’m a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl.
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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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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 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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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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Declare independence, don’t let them do that to you!
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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.
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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 knew if certain people recommended something, it would be good. There’s always going to be those people. It just depends on what they’re called: curators or radio jockeys or bloggers.
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