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.
BJORKI’m a whisper in water.
More Bjork Quotes
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I want to support young girls who are in their 20s now and tell them: You’re not just imagining things. It’s tough. Everything that a guy says once, you have to say five times.
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For a person as obsessed with music as I am, I always hear a song in the back of my head, all the time, and that usually is my own tune. I’ve done that all my life.
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What probably confuses people is they know a lot about me, but it quite pleases me that there’s more they don’t know.
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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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Pedaling through the dark currents, I find an accurate copy. A blue print of the pleasure in me.
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Every time there’s a new format, the iron is hot, and you can mold it.
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I’ve always had as many powerful, creative ladies in my life as I have men, and you could probably describe some of those relationships as romantic.
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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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Seventy per cent humidity is ideal for vocal cords.
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People ask me questions like, “Oh, you look so theatrical in your photographs. Is that what you’re like when you walk down the street?” It’s like, “Of course not.” It’s such a silly question – it’s like being theatrical is a crime.
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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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It’s funny how the hippies and the punks tried to get rid of the conservatives, but they always seem to get the upper hand in the end.
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National Geographic contacted me about getting on their label, and I was like, ‘Wow, I want to be label mates with the sharks and lemurs!’
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Declare independence, don’t let them do that to you!
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I don’t like records that are the same from beginning to end, that are too styled and slick.
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