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.
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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In 2008, I was more just thinking about using the touchscreen for writing the songs. From there I started thinking about how I visualised music.
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If travel is searching and home what’s been found, I’m not stopping. I’m going hunting.
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People are always asking me about eskimos, but there are no eskimos in Iceland.
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I don’t expect people to get me. That would be quite arrogant. I think there are a lot of people out there in the world that nobody gets.
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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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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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Declare independence, don’t let them do that to you!
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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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Singing is like a celebration of oxygen.
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Nature is our chapel.
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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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We’re always mourning things that have died. It’s a bit much sometimes. These studios have no fresh air, and there’s this unwritten rule that they don’t have windows, either.
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When I write a song, I see a tunnel, and then the chorus is an open space, or the bassline is doing this shape. I see songs as a more of a geometric, spacial experience.
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Everything that a guy says once, you have to say five times.
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If 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.
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