I don’t like records that are the same from beginning to end, that are too styled and slick.
BJORKThere’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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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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People that complete other people’s vision are understated.
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The reason I do photographs is to help people understand my music, so it’s very important that I am the same, emotionally, in the photographs as in the music.
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I do try and wear stuff by unknown designers, and I make sure I pay because if nothing else I have money.
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I’m no buddhist, but this is fu**ing enlightmentment
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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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Pedaling through the dark currents, I find an accurate copy. A blue print of the pleasure in me.
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How could I be so immature to think you could replace the missing elements in me. How extremely lazy of me.
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I don’t expect people to get me. That would be quite arrogant. I think there are a lot of people out there in the world that nobody gets.
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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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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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I’m not that keen on fierce dictatorship. I think that sort of the point of working with somebody is them coming up with stuff and feeling free to do that.
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Being a musician is very easy. My house is full of musical instruments. There’s a lot of music, always.
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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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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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