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.
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.
More Bjork Quotes
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People that complete other people’s vision are understated.
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You shouldn’t let poets lie to you.
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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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It wasn’t just one journalist getting it wrong, everybody was getting it wrong.
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Emotions weren’t created to just lie around. You should experience things to the full. I’ve got a sense of the clock ticking.
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Part 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.
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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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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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And then within the past 10 years Iceland discovered the stock market and it just went, went, went, went, went. I think it hit a roof and it’s just crashed. Just a small percentage of the nation did a lot of damage.
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Now that rock is turning 50, it’s become classical in itself. It’s interesting to see that development.
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Love is a two way dream.
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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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As a singer-songwriter, what I do is write about how the human feels.
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If travel is searching and home what’s been found, I’m not stopping. I’m going hunting.
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The reason I do interviews is because I’m protecting my songs.
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