The reason I do interviews is because I’m protecting my songs.
BJORKPeople ask me questions like, “Oh, you look so theatrical in your photographs. Is that what you’re like when you walk down the street?” It’s like, “Of course not.” It’s such a silly question – it’s like being theatrical is a crime.
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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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I have always had a certain song in my head, a certain chemistry of sounds.
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Every time there’s a new format, the iron is hot, and you can mold it.
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It’s important at that age to set up something, and then maybe afterwards you can go study your violin for 500 hours a week. But at least in the beginning you know about the options.
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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.
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I learned what a lot of women have to do is make the guys in the room think it was their idea, and then you back them up.
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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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I definitely can feel the third or fourth feminist wave in the air, so maybe this is a good time to open that Pandora’s box a little bit and air it out.
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I just feel like making things solar-powered and wind-powered should be as easy as using an iPad.
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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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As a singer-songwriter, what I do is write about how the human feels.
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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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I have to re-create the universe every morning when I wake up, and kill it in the evening.
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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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It’s nice and quiet but soon again starts another big riot!
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