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Bjork

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.
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Generation Parent Strong Thinking
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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Biophilia Done Strange Trying
I guess I’m quite used to not being understood rather than being understood.
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Guess Understood Used
In school, I guess I was a difficult, know-it-all type of student… I was always complaining that music education was too academic.
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Complaining School Students
People are always asking me about eskimos, but there are no eskimos in Iceland.
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Asking Iceland People
If you wake up / And the day feels broken / Just lean into the crack
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Broken Cracks Day Wake
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.
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Air Feminist Littles Pandora
Pedaling through the dark currents, I find an accurate copy. A blue print of the pleasure in me.
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Blue Dark Evil
I try not to record them on my Dictaphone when I first hear them. If I forget all about it and it pops up later on, then I know it’s good enough. I let my subconscious do the editing for me.
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Ending Hear Pop Record Subconsciousness
It’s important at that age to set up something, and then maybe afterwards you can go study your violin for 500 hours a week. But at least in the beginning you know about the options.
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Important Options Something Study
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.
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Failing Great People Risk Safe
If travel is searching and home what’s been found, I’m not stopping. I’m going hunting.
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Found Home Hunting Stopping
There’s something about the rhythm of walking, how, after about an hour and a half, the mind and body can’t help getting in sync.
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Body Half Mind
I think every year brings unknowns that you have to deal with and handle, confront and embrace.
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Embrace Thinking Years
I feel like the people from Iceland have a different relationship with their country than other places.
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Country Iceland Place War
Declare independence, don’t let them do that to you!
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Declare Independence Let

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