What probably confuses people is they know a lot about me, but it quite pleases me that there’s more they don’t know.
BJORKSometimes, when I have a lot of ideas and I want to do a lot of things, or when I’m traveling,
More Bjork Quotes
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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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The reason I do interviews is because I’m protecting my songs.
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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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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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It seems that most the world is driven by the eye, right? They design cities to look great but they always sound horrible …
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I have always had a certain song in my head, a certain chemistry of sounds.
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They design telephones to look great, but they sound horrible. I think it was about time that the other senses were celebrated.
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I will go in a room and hear the people perform and then change it through what I hear, not on paper. I can read music OK, but I probably rebelled a little – music changes into something else when you read it.
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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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Part of me is probably more conservative than people realise. I like my old string quartets, I don’t like music that’s trippy for trippy’s sake.
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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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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.
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There’s definitely, definitely, definitely, no logic to human behaviour . . . There’s no map And a compass Wouldn’t help at all
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I get highs, to be totally honest, in second-hand shops. My hunting instinct, I expect, really kicks in.
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Maybe it’s just a personal thing, but I get so much grounding from Iceland because I know it’s always going to be there.
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