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.
BJORKMost 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.
More Bjork Quotes
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Pedaling through the dark currents, I find an accurate copy. A blue print of the pleasure in 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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Now that rock is turning 50, it’s become classical in itself. It’s interesting to see that development.
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You’re a coward if you don’t stand up. Not for you, but for women. Say something.
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You shouldn’t let poets lie to you.
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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’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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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.
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I have a very happy, healthy relationship with the country, so it’s really easy to go everywhere because I always have Iceland to go back to. It’s sort of a contradiction, but that’s how it works somehow.
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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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I will go in a room and hear the people perform and then change it through what I hear, not on paper. I can read music OK, but I probably rebelled a little – music changes into something else when you read it.
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You get inspired and you can go write one song from that, and then you go back and play a few shows. If I could’ve done that in the 90s, I would have.
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It’s nice and quiet but soon again starts another big riot!
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I’m a whisper in water.
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Maybe it’s just a personal thing, but I get so much grounding from Iceland because I know it’s always going to be there.
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