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.
BJORKThere’s definitely, definitely, definitely, no logic to human behaviour . . . There’s no map And a compass Wouldn’t help at all
More Bjork Quotes
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I feel like the people from Iceland have a different relationship with their country than other places.
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It’s a sign that you have a good work relationship if you don’t have to analyze. That’s usually a good sign within creative work.
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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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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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I miss you, but I haven’t met you yet!
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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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Over the last 10 years, there have been so many incredible albums created in bedrooms by people who never would’ve gotten an album deal.
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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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Pedaling through the dark currents, I find an accurate copy. A blue print of the pleasure in me.
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I have written most of my melodies walking and I feel it is definitely one of the most helpful ways of sewing all of the different things in your life together and seeing the whole picture.
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Singing is like a celebration of oxygen.
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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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I learned what a lot of women have to do is make the guys in the room think it was their idea, and then you back them up.
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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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It’s nice and quiet but soon again starts another big riot!
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