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.
BJORKIf nothing else, I have money.
More Bjork Quotes
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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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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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I don’t expect people to get me. That would be quite arrogant. I think there are a lot of people out there in the world that nobody gets.
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Being a musician is very easy. My house is full of musical instruments. There’s a lot of music, always.
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People that complete other people’s vision are understated.
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You want people to take risks, and OK, they fail, but you don’t get the great stuff unless people are willing to risk and not play it safe. And maybe the Icelandic characteristic is better harnessed in these places than on the stock market.
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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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Usually when you see females in movies, they feel like they have these metallic structures around them, they are caged in by male energy.
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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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National Geographic contacted me about getting on their label, and I was like, ‘Wow, I want to be label mates with the sharks and lemurs!’
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Every time there’s a new format, the iron is hot, and you can mold it.
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I learned what a lot of women have to do is make the guys in the room think it was their idea, and then you back them up.
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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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Now that rock is turning 50, it’s become classical in itself. It’s interesting to see that development.
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When 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.
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