People are always asking me about eskimos, but there are no eskimos in Iceland.
BJORKEverything that a guy says once, you have to say five times.
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Every time there’s a new format, the iron is hot, and you can mold it.
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i thrive best hermit style. with a beard and a pipe.
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When I was a teenager in Iceland people would throw rocks and shout abuse at me because they thought I was weird. I never got that in London no matter what I wore.
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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 always had a certain song in my head, a certain chemistry of sounds.
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I’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
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I’ve written arrangements for choirs and strings in the past, but I usually write music with my voice or a keyboard and then I’ll get someone who is good at writing scores to write it out. Or, if I have the luxury of time.
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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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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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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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All we had ever heard about record company people is that they were vampires and criminals…and they killed Elvis Presley.
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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.
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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 as religious as some people about “the album.” To be honest, that was a product of a format. You had vinyl, and you could fit five songs on each side, and that’s 45 minutes.
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It’s incredible how nature sets females up to take care of people, and yet it is tricky for them to take care of themselves.
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