There’s something about the rhythm of walking, how, after about an hour and a half, the mind and body can’t help getting in sync.
BJORKEverything is so designed and airbrushed and Botoxed, it makes us think, ‘Oh, everybody’s perfect except me. Everything’s smooth except me.’ But nothing is smooth.
More Bjork Quotes
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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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Singing is like a celebration of oxygen.
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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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I mean, I’ve never been thinking that if you’re a fan you have to buy everything that somebody puts out. I mean, you’ve got a choice. If you don’t want it, just don’t buy it. It’s also a reaction to YouTube and sharing of files.
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People that complete other people’s vision are understated.
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I feel like the people from Iceland have a different relationship with their country than other places.
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It’s a sign that you have a good work relationship if you don’t have to analyze. That’s usually a good sign within creative work.
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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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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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Declare independence, don’t let them do that to you!
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Maybe I’ll be a feminist in my old age.
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If I had a philosophy, it’s that I support the beautiful side of anarchy.
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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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Seventy per cent humidity is ideal for vocal cords.
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When I was 20, political music was the uncoolest thing on earth. But when Bush got elected, that was the first time I started actually reading the news.
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