If you wake up / And the day feels broken / Just lean into the crack
BJORKIf you wake up / And the day feels broken / Just lean into the crack
BJORKI’m a fountain of blood in the shape of a girl . . . leave me now return tonight tide will show you the way if you forget my name you will go astray like a killer whale trapped in a bay
BJORKPedaling through the dark currents, I find an accurate copy. A blue print of the pleasure in me.
BJORKI want to support young girls who are in their 20s now and tell them: You’re not just imagining things. It’s tough.
BJORKIt seems that most the world is driven by the eye, right? They design cities to look great but they always sound horrible …
BJORKI’d done three solo albums in a row, and that’s quite narcissistic.
BJORKIt’s nice and quiet but soon again starts another big riot!
BJORKNational Geographic contacted me about getting on their label, and I was like, ‘Wow, I want to be label mates with the sharks and lemurs!’
BJORKI don’t really have an ego. I’m not that bothered.
BJORKSinging is like a celebration of oxygen.
BJORKSometimes 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.
BJORKPeople 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.
BJORKPeople from the rock and roll world have felt for years that electronic music had no soul, but now electronic music can not only have soul but have all the shapes in the world.
BJORKWhen I started writing, I fought against it. I thought it was way too boring and predictable. But most of the time, it just happens; there’s nothing you can do. You have to let it be what it is.
BJORKBut I’m not interested in politics. I lose interest the microsecond it ceases to be emotional, when something becomes a political movement. What I’m interested in is emotions.
BJORKWhen 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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