I am grateful… grapefruit.
BJORKFormats are just illusions, and it’s about the relationship between the person that makes music and the person that listens to music.
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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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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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I’m a fountain of blood in the shape of a girl . . . leave me now return tonight tide will show you the way if you forget my name you will go astray like a killer whale trapped in a bay
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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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Formats are just illusions, and it’s about the relationship between the person that makes music and the person that listens to music.
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I have to re-create the universe every morning when I wake up, and kill it in the evening.
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If you wake up / And the day feels broken / Just lean into the crack
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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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I mean, I’ve never been thinking that if you’re a fan you have to buy everything that somebody puts out. I mean, you’ve got a choice. If you don’t want it, just don’t buy it. It’s also a reaction to YouTube and sharing of files.
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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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Now that rock is turning 50, it’s become classical in itself. It’s interesting to see that development.
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People are always going to need physicality; they’re going to want to meet other people even more. I’ve got faith in the physical angle. People have their needs. They won’t forget about them.
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Sometimes 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.
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I miss you, but I haven’t met you yet!
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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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