I love being a very personal singer-songwriter, but I also like being a scientist or explorer.
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.
More Bjork Quotes
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I’m no buddhist, but this is fu**ing enlightmentment
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If you wake up / And the day feels broken / Just lean into the crack
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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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There’s more to Life than this
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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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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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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’ve been traveling in Guatemala in the rainforest, and here all these houses are made of sticks. It seems so easy to make one.
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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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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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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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Nature is our chapel.
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If I had a philosophy, it’s that I support the beautiful side of anarchy.
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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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