It’s important at that age to set up something, and then maybe afterwards you can go study your violin for 500 hours a week. But at least in the beginning you know about the options.
BJORKIn school, I guess I was a difficult, know-it-all type of student… I was always complaining that music education was too academic.
More Bjork Quotes
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And then within the past 10 years Iceland discovered the stock market and it just went, went, went, went, went. I think it hit a roof and it’s just crashed. Just a small percentage of the nation did a lot of damage.
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Icelandic people are really educated. But maybe we are at where the people in the States were 50 years ago, where they think that stuff that isn’t done with a hammer or physical power is not a job. It’s that backwards.
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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 was 18, science, physics, and math were my favorite. I was a bit of a nerd – the only girl with a lot of boys at chess championships.
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I have always had a certain song in my head, a certain chemistry of sounds.
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But I’m not interested in politics. I lose interest the microsecond it ceases to be emotional, when something becomes a political movement. What I’m interested in is emotions.
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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 love being a very personal singer-songwriter, but I also like being a scientist or explorer.
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Solar power, wind power, the way forward is to collaborate with nature – it’s the only way we are going to get to the other end of the 21st century.
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I don’t really have an ego. I’m not that bothered.
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What probably confuses people is they know a lot about me, but it quite pleases me that there’s more they don’t know.
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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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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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With tons of chaotic supply on the internet, you’re going to have people who become very good at being curators or stylists. It’s the same sort of people that I used to go to record shops for.
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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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I miss you, but I haven’t met you yet!
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As a singer-songwriter, what I do is write about how the human feels.
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Declare independence, don’t let them do that to you!
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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 find it so amazing when people tell me that electronic music has no soul. You can’t blame the computer. If there’s no soul in the music, it’s because nobody put it there.
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It’s incredible how nature sets females up to take care of people, and yet it is tricky for them to take care of themselves.
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I’m a whisper in water.
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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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If you wake up / And the day feels broken / Just lean into the crack
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Kids draw masterpieces – they’re the best painters ever. I think the same with music. They could totally write amazing music if they just had the right tools.
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