I try not to record them on my Dictaphone when I first hear them. If I forget all about it and it pops up later on, then I know it’s good enough. I let my subconscious do the editing for me.
BJORKI try not to record them on my Dictaphone when I first hear them. If I forget all about it and it pops up later on, then I know it’s good enough. I let my subconscious do the editing for me.
BJORKEvery time there’s a new format, the iron is hot, and you can mold it.
BJORKMaybe it’s just a personal thing, but I get so much grounding from Iceland because I know it’s always going to be there.
BJORKThe English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy.
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.
BJORKI guess I’m quite used to not being understood rather than being understood.
BJORKI’m a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl.
BJORKIf I had a philosophy, it’s that I support the beautiful side of anarchy.
BJORKIf you were really good and practiced your violin for a few hours a day for ten years you might be invited to this VIP elite club.
BJORKFormats are just illusions, and it’s about the relationship between the person that makes music and the person that listens to music.
BJORKIt’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.
BJORKDeclare independence, don’t let them do that to you!
BJORKI’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.
BJORKI’d done three solo albums in a row, and that’s quite narcissistic.
BJORKFor a person as obsessed with music as I am, I always hear a song in the back of my head, all the time, and that usually is my own tune. I’ve done that all my life.
BJORKI am one of the most idiosyncratic people around.
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