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.
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.
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.
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.
BJORKI was very aware when I went to the Academy Awards that it would probably be my first and last time. So I thought my input should really be about fertility, and I thought I’d bring some eggs.
BJORKPeople that complete other people’s vision are understated.
BJORKI 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.
BJORKWhat probably confuses people is they know a lot about me, but it quite pleases me that there’s more they don’t know.
BJORKI 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.
BJORKPersonally, I think choosing between men and women is like choosing between cake and ice cream. You’d be daft not to try both when there are so many different flavours.
BJORKNow that rock is turning 50, it’s become classical in itself. It’s interesting to see that development.
BJORKFootball is a fertility festival. Eleven sperm trying to get into the egg. I feel sorry for the goalkeeper.
BJORKPart of me is probably more conservative than people realise. I like my old string quartets, I don’t like music that’s trippy for trippy’s sake.
BJORKI am grateful… grapefruit.
BJORKI have written most of my melodies walking and I feel it is definitely one of the most helpful ways of sewing all of the different things in your life together and seeing the whole picture.
BJORKI’d done three solo albums in a row, and that’s quite narcissistic.
BJORKEvery time there’s a new format, the iron is hot, and you can mold it.
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