I will go in a room and hear the people perform and then change it through what I hear, not on paper. I can read music OK, but I probably rebelled a little – music changes into something else when you read it.
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.
More Bjork Quotes
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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 love being a very personal singer-songwriter, but I also like being a scientist or explorer.
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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’ve always appreciated working with people I have chemistry with, who are friends, and where you feel that the work is growing while you are getting to know each other better.
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For 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.
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As a singer-songwriter, what I do is write about how the human feels.
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People that complete other people’s vision are understated.
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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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It wasn’t just one journalist getting it wrong, everybody was getting it wrong.
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What probably confuses people is they know a lot about me, but it quite pleases me that there’s more they don’t know.
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Pedaling through the dark currents, I find an accurate copy. A blue print of the pleasure in me.
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When I met Apple, I made it very clear that I am an old punk and I have never done commercials or been sponsored. And I wasn’t after their money.
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People are always asking me about eskimos, but there are no eskimos in Iceland.
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There’s more to Life than this
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Everything is so designed and airbrushed and Botoxed, it makes us think, ‘Oh, everybody’s perfect except me. Everything’s smooth except me.’ But nothing is smooth.
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