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.
BJORKI 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 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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I’m not that keen on fierce dictatorship. I think that sort of the point of working with somebody is them coming up with stuff and feeling free to do that.
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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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I think every year brings unknowns that you have to deal with and handle, confront and embrace.
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It wasn’t just one journalist getting it wrong, everybody was getting it wrong.
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Solar power, wind power, the way forward is to collaborate with nature – it’s the only way we are going to get to the other end of the 21st century.
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When I started writing, I fought against it. I thought it was way too boring and predictable. But most of the time, it just happens; there’s nothing you can do. You have to let it be what it is.
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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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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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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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Our times seem to be so much about redefining where we are physical and where we’re not.
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I definitely can feel the third or fourth feminist wave in the air, so maybe this is a good time to open that Pandora’s box a little bit and air it out.
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It’s nice and quiet but soon again starts another big riot!
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I just feel like making things solar-powered and wind-powered should be as easy as using an iPad.
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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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