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.
BJORKi’m back at my cliff still throwing things off i listen to the sounds they make on their way down i follow him with my eyes ’till they crash imagine what my body would sound like slamming against those rocks.
More Bjork Quotes
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When I write a song, I see a tunnel, and then the chorus is an open space, or the bassline is doing this shape. I see songs as a more of a geometric, spacial experience.
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I am grateful… grapefruit.
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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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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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i thrive best hermit style. with a beard and a pipe.
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It takes a long time to fully become who you are.
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I get embarrassed listening to my last CDs. I’ve got a lot of work to do, let’s put it that way.
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In school, I guess I was a difficult, know-it-all type of student… I was always complaining that music education was too academic.
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Everything 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.
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Sometimes, when I have a lot of ideas and I want to do a lot of things, or when I’m traveling,
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Personally, I think choosing between men and women is like choosing between cake and ice cream. You’d be daft not to try both when there are so many different flavours.
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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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I think after Iceland’s independence in 1944, we were not very sure of ourselves and our confidence was really low. It took one generation to sort of get over that. I’m second generation.
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If I had a philosophy, it’s that I support the beautiful side of anarchy.
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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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