I think every year brings unknowns that you have to deal with and handle, confront and embrace.
BJORKI’ve been traveling in Guatemala in the rainforest, and here all these houses are made of sticks. It seems so easy to make one.
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When I write a song, I see a tunnel, and then the chorus is an open space, or the bassline is doing this shape. I see songs as a more of a geometric, spacial experience.
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But I’m not interested in politics. I lose interest the microsecond it ceases to be emotional, when something becomes a political movement. What I’m interested in is emotions.
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Being a musician is very easy. My house is full of musical instruments. There’s a lot of music, always.
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Formats are just illusions, and it’s about the relationship between the person that makes music and the person that listens to music.
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I mean, I’ve never been thinking that if you’re a fan you have to buy everything that somebody puts out. I mean, you’ve got a choice. If you don’t want it, just don’t buy it. It’s also a reaction to YouTube and sharing of files.
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I don’t really have an ego. I’m not that bothered.
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Seventy per cent humidity is ideal for vocal cords.
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I get highs, to be totally honest, in second-hand shops. My hunting instinct, I expect, really kicks in.
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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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I miss you, but I haven’t met you yet!
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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.
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The reason I do interviews is because I’m protecting my songs.
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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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Maybe it’s just a personal thing, but I get so much grounding from Iceland because I know it’s always going to be there.
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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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