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.
BJORKPeople from the rock and roll world have felt for years that electronic music had no soul, but now electronic music can not only have soul but have all the shapes in the world.
More Bjork Quotes
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Everything that a guy says once, you have to say five times.
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When I was 20, political music was the uncoolest thing on earth. But when Bush got elected, that was the first time I started actually reading the news.
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It’s funny how the hippies and the punks tried to get rid of the conservatives, but they always seem to get the upper hand in the end.
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People that complete other people’s vision are understated.
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I want to support young girls who are in their 20s now and tell them: You’re not just imagining things. It’s tough. Everything that a guy says once, you have to say five times.
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I think every year brings unknowns that you have to deal with and handle, confront and embrace.
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I learned what a lot of women have to do is make the guys in the room think it was their idea, and then you back them up.
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When I write a song, I see a tunnel, and then the chorus is an open space, or the bassline is doing this shape. I see songs as a more of a geometric, spacial experience.
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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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You’re a coward if you don’t stand up. Not for you, but for women. Say something.
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I have a very happy, healthy relationship with the country, so it’s really easy to go everywhere because I always have Iceland to go back to. It’s sort of a contradiction, but that’s how it works somehow.
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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 don’t like records that are the same from beginning to end, that are too styled and slick.
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Sometimes, when I have a lot of ideas and I want to do a lot of things, or when I’m traveling,
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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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