The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy.
BJORKIt wasn’t just one journalist getting it wrong, everybody was getting it wrong.
More Bjork Quotes
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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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I feel the 21st century is another new age. Not only can we collaborate again with nature, but we have to. It’s an emergency.
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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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Football is a fertility festival. Eleven sperm trying to get into the egg. I feel sorry for the goalkeeper.
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I knew if certain people recommended something, it would be good. There’s always going to be those people. It just depends on what they’re called: curators or radio jockeys or bloggers.
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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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I love being a very personal singer-songwriter, but I also like being a scientist or explorer.
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When I was 18, science, physics, and math were my favorite. I was a bit of a nerd – the only girl with a lot of boys at chess championships.
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Nature is our chapel.
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It’s nice and quiet but soon again starts another big riot!
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I find it so amazing when people tell me that electronic music has no soul. You can’t blame the computer. If there’s no soul in the music, it’s because nobody put it there.
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When I started writing, I fought against it. I thought it was way too boring and predictable. But most of the time, it just happens; there’s nothing you can do. You have to let it be what it is.
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If I had a philosophy, it’s that I support the beautiful side of anarchy.
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I’d done three solo albums in a row, and that’s quite narcissistic.
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There is this stereotype of Icelanders all believing in spirits, and I’ve played up to that a bit in interviews.
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