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.
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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i thrive best hermit style. with a beard and a pipe.
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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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If I had a philosophy, it’s that I support the beautiful side of anarchy.
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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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They design telephones to look great, but they sound horrible. I think it was about time that the other senses were celebrated.
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It’s a sign that you have a good work relationship if you don’t have to analyze. That’s usually a good sign within creative work.
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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 think every year brings unknowns that you have to deal with and handle, confront and embrace.
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The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy.
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Personally, I think choosing between men and women is like choosing between cake and ice cream. You’d be daft not to try both when there are so many different flavours.
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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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The reason I do photographs is to help people understand my music, so it’s very important that I am the same, emotionally, in the photographs as in the music.
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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 feel like the people from Iceland have a different relationship with their country than other places.
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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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