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.
BJORKI’m a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl.
More Bjork Quotes
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Icelandic people are really educated. But maybe we are at where the people in the States were 50 years ago, where they think that stuff that isn’t done with a hammer or physical power is not a job. It’s that backwards.
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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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It’s nice and quiet but soon again starts another big riot!
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People are always asking me about eskimos, but there are no eskimos in Iceland.
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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.
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Everything that a guy says once, you have to say five times.
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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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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’m no buddhist, but this is fu**ing enlightmentment
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I was very aware when I went to the Academy Awards that it would probably be my first and last time. So I thought my input should really be about fertility, and I thought I’d bring some eggs.
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When I was 20, political music was the uncoolest thing on earth. But when Bush got elected, that was the first time I started actually reading the news.
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I love being a very personal singer-songwriter, but I also like being a scientist or explorer.
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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.
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If I had a philosophy, it’s that I support the beautiful side of anarchy.
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I’m a fountain of blood in the shape of a girl . . . leave me now return tonight tide will show you the way if you forget my name you will go astray like a killer whale trapped in a bay
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