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.
BJORKWhen 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 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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All we had ever heard about record company people is that they were vampires and criminals…and they killed Elvis Presley.
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For a person as obsessed with music as I am, I always hear a song in the back of my head, all the time, and that usually is my own tune. I’ve done that all my life.
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Pedaling through the dark currents, I find an accurate copy. A blue print of the pleasure in me.
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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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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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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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I’m not going to talk like I know about politics, because I’m a total amateur, but maybe I can be a spokesperson for people who aren’t normally interested in politics.
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Our times seem to be so much about redefining where we are physical and where we’re not.
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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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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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People that complete other people’s vision are understated.
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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 love England. It’s no coincidence it’s the first place I moved to for a more cosmopolitan life, which is the only thing Iceland lacks.
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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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As a singer-songwriter, what I do is write about how the human feels.
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Singing is like a celebration of oxygen.
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It takes a long time to fully become who you are.
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I want to support young girls who are in their 20s now and tell them: You’re not just imagining things. It’s tough.
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I’m a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl.
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Everything that a guy says once, you have to say five times.
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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.
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It wasn’t just one journalist getting it wrong, everybody was getting it wrong.
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You’re a coward if you don’t stand up. Not for you, but for women. Say something.
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I’m not as religious as some people about “the album.” To be honest, that was a product of a format. You had vinyl, and you could fit five songs on each side, and that’s 45 minutes.
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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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