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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.

Bjork

Most people’s eyes are much better developed than their ears. If they see a certain emotion in the photograph, then they’ll understand the music.
BJORK

Developed Emotion Music Photograph Understanding
I love England. It’s no coincidence it’s the first place I moved to for a more cosmopolitan life, which is the only thing Iceland lacks.
BJORK

Composition Country Firsts Iceland
Over the last 10 years, there have been so many incredible albums created in bedrooms by people who never would’ve gotten an album deal.
BJORK

Albums People Years
As a singer-songwriter, what I do is write about how the human feels.
BJORK

Singers Songwriter Writing
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.
BJORK

Crashed Discovered Nation Percentage Roof
I definitely can feel the third or fourth feminist wave in the air, so maybe this is a good time to open that Pandora’s box a little bit and air it out.
BJORK

Air Feminist Littles Pandora
There are certain emotions in your body that not even your best friend can sympathize with, but you will find the right film or the right book, and it will understand you.
BJORK

Book Movie Ourselves Understanding
If nothing else, I have money.
BJORK

Else Money Nothing
I love being a very personal singer-songwriter, but I also like being a scientist or explorer.
BJORK

Scientists Singers Songwriter
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.
BJORK

Either Mourning Unwritten Windows
Being a musician is very easy. My house is full of musical instruments. There’s a lot of music, always.
BJORK

House Musical Musician
Every time there’s a new format, the iron is hot, and you can mold it.
BJORK

Every Format Mold Time
There is this stereotype of Icelanders all believing in spirits, and I’ve played up to that a bit in interviews.
BJORK

Believe Interview Spirit
I’ve written arrangements for choirs and strings in the past, but I usually write music with my voice or a keyboard and then I’ll get someone who is good at writing scores to write it out. Or, if I have the luxury of time.
BJORK

Choirs Keyboard Past People Writing
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.
BJORK

Format People Product Religious Song
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.
BJORK

Anything Doing Lose Necessary

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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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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