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!’
BJORKIn 2008, I was more just thinking about using the touchscreen for writing the songs. From there I started thinking about how I visualised music.
More Bjork Quotes
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Declare independence, don’t let them do that to you!
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I have a very happy, healthy relationship with the country, so it’s really easy to go everywhere because I always have Iceland to go back to. It’s sort of a contradiction, but that’s how it works somehow.
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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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Maybe that was a strange, personal job between me and myself, to show how overreaching I was being as a woman. The only way I could express that was by comparing it to the universe.
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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’ve written arrangements for choirs and strings in the past, but I usually write music with my voice or a keyboard and then I’ll get someone who is good at writing scores to write it out. Or, if I have the luxury of time.
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I guess I’m quite used to not being understood rather than being understood.
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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 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 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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If I had a philosophy, it’s that I support the beautiful side of anarchy.
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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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I’m a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl.
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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 think every year brings unknowns that you have to deal with and handle, confront and embrace.
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