I’ve never done an album like this. With Biophilia, I was being like Kofi Annan – I had to be the pacifist to try to unite the impossible.
BJORKI don’t really have an ego. I’m not that bothered.
More Bjork Quotes
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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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People 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 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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I miss you, but I haven’t met you yet!
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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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It wasn’t just one journalist getting it wrong, everybody was getting it wrong.
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I’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
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I’m a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl.
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The reason I do interviews is because I’m protecting my songs.
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You get inspired and you can go write one song from that, and then you go back and play a few shows. If I could’ve done that in the 90s, I would have.
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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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I just feel like making things solar-powered and wind-powered should be as easy as using an iPad.
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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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Over the last 10 years, there have been so many incredible albums created in bedrooms by people who never would’ve gotten an album deal.
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Everything that a guy says once, you have to say five times.
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