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.
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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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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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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I guess I’m quite used to not being understood rather than being understood.
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Personally, I think choosing between men and women is like choosing between cake and ice cream. You’d be daft not to try both when there are so many different flavours.
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I am one of the most idiosyncratic people around.
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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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People are always going to need physicality; they’re going to want to meet other people even more. I’ve got faith in the physical angle. People have their needs. They won’t forget about them.
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When I met Apple, I made it very clear that I am an old punk and I have never done commercials or been sponsored. And I wasn’t after their money.
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People that complete other people’s vision are understated.
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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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How could I be so immature to think you could replace the missing elements in me. How extremely lazy of me.
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Kids draw masterpieces – they’re the best painters ever. I think the same with music. They could totally write amazing music if they just had the right tools.
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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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Nature is our chapel.
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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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