Everything is so designed and airbrushed and Botoxed, it makes us think, ‘Oh, everybody’s perfect except me. Everything’s smooth except me.’ But nothing is smooth.
BJORKI 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.
More Bjork Quotes
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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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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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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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Football is a fertility festival. Eleven sperm trying to get into the egg. I feel sorry for the goalkeeper.
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I’m self-sufficient. I spend a lot of time on my own and I shut off quite easily. When I communicate, I communicate 900 per cent, then I shut off, which scares people sometimes.
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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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It’s a sign that you have a good work relationship if you don’t have to analyze. That’s usually a good sign within creative work.
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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 think every year brings unknowns that you have to deal with and handle, confront and embrace.
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With tons of chaotic supply on the internet, you’re going to have people who become very good at being curators or stylists. It’s the same sort of people that I used to go to record shops for.
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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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People are always asking me about eskimos, but there are no eskimos in Iceland.
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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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Formats are just illusions, and it’s about the relationship between the person that makes music and the person that listens to music.
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