The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy.
BJORKThe English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy.
BJORKPeople ask me questions like, “Oh, you look so theatrical in your photographs. Is that what you’re like when you walk down the street?” It’s like, “Of course not.” It’s such a silly question – it’s like being theatrical is a crime.
BJORKI’ve been traveling in Guatemala in the rainforest, and here all these houses are made of sticks. It seems so easy to make one.
BJORKI love being a very personal singer-songwriter, but I also like being a scientist or explorer.
BJORKPart 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.
BJORKSeventy per cent humidity is ideal for vocal cords.
BJORKI have to re-create the universe every morning when I wake up, and kill it in the evening.
BJORKI’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
BJORKI’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.
BJORKI love England. It’s no coincidence it’s the first place I moved to for a more cosmopolitan life, which is the only thing Iceland lacks.
BJORKI’m a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl.
BJORKIf you wake up / And the day feels broken / Just lean into the crack
BJORKI miss you, but I haven’t met you yet!
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.
BJORKFormats are just illusions, and it’s about the relationship between the person that makes music and the person that listens to music.
BJORKNow that rock is turning 50, it’s become classical in itself. It’s interesting to see that development.
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