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’m not going to talk like I know about politics, because I’m a total amateur, but maybe I can be a spokesperson for people who aren’t normally interested in politics.
More Bjork Quotes
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I try not to record them on my Dictaphone when I first hear them. If I forget all about it and it pops up later on, then I know it’s good enough. I let my subconscious do the editing for me.
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Everything that a guy says once, you have to say five times.
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It’s nice and quiet but soon again starts another big riot!
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I knew if certain people recommended something, it would be good. There’s always going to be those people. It just depends on what they’re called: curators or radio jockeys or bloggers.
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All we had ever heard about record company people is that they were vampires and criminals…and they killed Elvis Presley.
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I miss you, but I haven’t met you yet!
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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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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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People that complete other people’s vision are understated.
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People are always asking me about eskimos, but there are no eskimos in Iceland.
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I do try and wear stuff by unknown designers, and I make sure I pay because if nothing else I have money.
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I think every year brings unknowns that you have to deal with and handle, confront and embrace.
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As a singer-songwriter, what I do is write about how the human feels.
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If you wake up / And the day feels broken / Just lean into the crack
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i thrive best hermit style. with a beard and a pipe.
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