You want people to take risks, and OK, they fail, but you don’t get the great stuff unless people are willing to risk and not play it safe. And maybe the Icelandic characteristic is better harnessed in these places than on the stock market.
BJORKI 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.
More Bjork Quotes
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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.
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You shouldn’t let poets lie to you.
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I guess I’m quite used to not being understood rather than being understood.
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It takes a long time to fully become who you are.
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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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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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It wasn’t just one journalist getting it wrong, everybody was getting it wrong.
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There’s more to Life than this
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People are always asking me about eskimos, but there are no eskimos in Iceland.
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People that complete other people’s vision are understated.
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You get inspired and you can go write one song from that, and then you go back and play a few shows. If I could’ve done that in the 90s, I would have.
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Kids draw masterpieces – they’re the best painters ever. I think the same with music. They could totally write amazing music if they just had the right tools.
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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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If you wake up / And the day feels broken / Just lean into the crack
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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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