People that complete other people’s vision are understated.
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More Bjork Quotes
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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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I get highs, to be totally honest, in second-hand shops. My hunting instinct, I expect, really kicks in.
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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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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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People are always asking me about eskimos, but there are no eskimos in Iceland.
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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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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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The reason I do photographs is to help people understand my music, so it’s very important that I am the same, emotionally, in the photographs as in the music.
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You get inspired and you can go write one song from that, and then you go back and play a few shows. If I could’ve done that in the 90s, I would have.
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I am one of the most idiosyncratic people around.
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The reason I do interviews is because I’m protecting my songs.
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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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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’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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The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy.
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