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.
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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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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Nature is our chapel.
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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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A lot of it is really bad sound, really low quality. So the librarian in me wants it at least to exist there so that in 20 years when I’m sitting in my rocking chair, it will still exist in the best sound quality possible, even though it only sold 1000 units or whatever.
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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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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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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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The reason I do interviews is because I’m protecting my songs.
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With 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.
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I’ve always appreciated working with people I have chemistry with, who are friends, and where you feel that the work is growing while you are getting to know each other better.
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It seems that most the world is driven by the eye, right? They design cities to look great but they always sound horrible …
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If I had a philosophy, it’s that I support the beautiful side of anarchy.
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It takes a long time to fully become who you are.
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Part of me is probably more conservative than people realise. I like my old string quartets, I don’t like music that’s trippy for trippy’s sake.
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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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