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.
BJORKPeople that complete other people’s vision are understated.
More Bjork Quotes
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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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I’m self-sufficient. I spend a lot of time on my own and I shut off quite easily. When I communicate, I communicate 900 per cent, then I shut off, which scares people sometimes.
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The reason I do photographs is to help people understand my music, so it’s very important that I am the same, emotionally, in the photographs as in the music.
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I lose energy and I can’t do as many things as I want. So I have to plan days when I’m not doing anything. I find that a bit boring, but it’s necessary.
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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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The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy.
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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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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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Maybe it’s just a personal thing, but I get so much grounding from Iceland because I know it’s always going to be there.
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People from the rock and roll world have felt for years that electronic music had no soul, but now electronic music can not only have soul but have all the shapes in the world.
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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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Girls now are also faced with different problems. I’ve been guilty of one thing: After being the only girl in bands for 10 years.
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It’s funny how the hippies and the punks tried to get rid of the conservatives, but they always seem to get the upper hand in the end.
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I am one of the most idiosyncratic people around.
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I try not to record them on my Dictaphone when I first hear them. If I forget all about it and it pops up later on, then I know it’s good enough. I let my subconscious do the editing for me.
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