Declare independence, don’t let them do that to you!
BJORKDeclare independence, don’t let them do that to you!
BJORKi thrive best hermit style. with a beard and a pipe.
BJORKI 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.
BJORKWith 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.
BJORKSometimes when I write lyrics there are images in them, usually on a quite simplistic level, like colors. But most often music comes first and then later I sit down with visual people and we chat about what we want to do. I don’t look at myself as a visual artist. I make music.
BJORKNature is our chapel.
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.
BJORKUsually when you see females in movies, they feel like they have these metallic structures around them, they are caged in by male energy.
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.
BJORKBut 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.
BJORKThey design telephones to look great, but they sound horrible. I think it was about time that the other senses were celebrated.
BJORKNational Geographic contacted me about getting on their label, and I was like, ‘Wow, I want to be label mates with the sharks and lemurs!’
BJORKI’d done three solo albums in a row, and that’s quite narcissistic.
BJORKI 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.
BJORKIf I had a philosophy, it’s that I support the beautiful side of anarchy.
BJORKI have to re-create the universe every morning when I wake up, and kill it in the evening.
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