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I’ve never done an album like this. With Biophilia, I was being like Kofi Annan – I had to be the pacifist to try to unite the impossible.

Bjork

I will go in a room and hear the people perform and then change it through what I hear, not on paper. I can read music OK, but I probably rebelled a little – music changes into something else when you read it.
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Music Paper People Something
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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Design Horrible Sound Telephone
I guess I’m quite used to not being understood rather than being understood.
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Guess Understood Used
What probably confuses people is they know a lot about me, but it quite pleases me that there’s more they don’t know.
BJORK

Confused Know More People Please
People are always asking me about eskimos, but there are no eskimos in Iceland.
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Asking Iceland People
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.
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Developed Emotion Music Photograph Understanding
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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Energy Ideas Want
Nature is our chapel.
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Chapel Nature Our
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.
BJORK

Chorus Song Writing
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.
BJORK

Generation Parent Strong Thinking
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

Done Educate People Thinking Year
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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Amateur Going Knows People Politics Talk
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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Feelings Stuff Thinking
I was very aware when I went to the Academy Awards that it would probably be my first and last time. So I thought my input should really be about fertility, and I thought I’d bring some eggs.
BJORK

Awards Eggs Input
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
I have always had a certain song in my head, a certain chemistry of sounds.
BJORK

Chemistry Song Sound

I’ve never done an album like this. With Biophilia, I was being like Kofi Annan – I had to be the pacifist to try to unite the impossible.

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I’ve never done an album like this. With Biophilia, I was being like Kofi Annan – I had to be the pacifist to try to unite the impossible.

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