I do try and wear stuff by unknown designers, and I make sure I pay because if nothing else I have money.
BJORKWhen 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.
More Bjork Quotes
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It’s nice and quiet but soon again starts another big riot!
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I feel the 21st century is another new age. Not only can we collaborate again with nature, but we have to. It’s an emergency.
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Everything that a guy says once, you have to say five times.
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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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In 2008, I was more just thinking about using the touchscreen for writing the songs. From there I started thinking about how I visualised music.
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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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I am grateful… grapefruit.
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People ask me questions like, “Oh, you look so theatrical in your photographs. Is that what you’re like when you walk down the street?” It’s like, “Of course not.” It’s such a silly question – it’s like being theatrical is a crime.
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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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Usually when you see females in movies, they feel like they have these metallic structures around them, they are caged in by male energy.
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People that complete other people’s vision are understated.
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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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I am one of the most idiosyncratic people around.
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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’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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