Nature is our chapel.
BJORKIt 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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I do try and wear stuff by unknown designers, and I make sure I pay because if nothing else I have money.
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And then within the past 10 years Iceland discovered the stock market and it just went, went, went, went, went. I think it hit a roof and it’s just crashed. Just a small percentage of the nation did a lot of damage.
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Every time there’s a new format, the iron is hot, and you can mold it.
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When I was a teenager in Iceland people would throw rocks and shout abuse at me because they thought I was weird. I never got that in London no matter what I wore.
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Pedaling through the dark currents, I find an accurate copy. A blue print of the pleasure in me.
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I don’t really have an ego. I’m not that bothered.
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There are certain emotions in your body that not even your best friend can sympathize with, but you will find the right film or the right book, and it will understand you.
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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.
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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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Most people’s eyes are much better developed than their ears. If they see a certain emotion in the photograph, then they’ll understand the music.
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I knew if certain people recommended something, it would be good. There’s always going to be those people. It just depends on what they’re called: curators or radio jockeys or bloggers.
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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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I love being a very personal singer-songwriter, but I also like being a scientist or explorer.
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I have written most of my melodies walking and I feel it is definitely one of the most helpful ways of sewing all of the different things in your life together and seeing the whole picture.
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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.
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