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I 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.

Bjork

I’d done three solo albums in a row, and that’s quite narcissistic.
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Albums Narcissistic Three
I’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.
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Feelings Stuff Thinking
Being a musician is very easy. My house is full of musical instruments. There’s a lot of music, always.
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House Musical Musician
I am one of the most idiosyncratic people around.
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Idiosyncratic Most People
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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Confused Know More People Please
I guess I’m quite used to not being understood rather than being understood.
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Guess Understood Used
Sometimes when I write lyrics there are images in them, usually on a quite simplistic level, like colors. But most often music comes first and then later I sit down with visual people and we chat about what we want to do. I don’t look at myself as a visual artist. I make music.
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Artist Color Image Writing
We’re always mourning things that have died. It’s a bit much sometimes. These studios have no fresh air, and there’s this unwritten rule that they don’t have windows, either.
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Either Mourning Unwritten Windows
How could I be so immature to think you could replace the missing elements in me. How extremely lazy of me.
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Dream Lazy Love Thinking
Everything that a guy says once, you have to say five times.
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Everything Guy Say Times
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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Format People Product Religious Song
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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Care Females People
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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Appreciate Chemistry Friend Growing People
Maybe I’ll be a feminist in my old age.
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Age Feminist Maybe Old
Declare independence, don’t let them do that to you!
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Declare Independence Let
Icelandic people are really educated. But maybe we are at where the people in the States were 50 years ago, where they think that stuff that isn’t done with a hammer or physical power is not a job. It’s that backwards.
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Done Educate People Thinking Year

I 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.

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I 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.

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