I have always had a certain song in my head, a certain chemistry of sounds.
BJORKPeople are always asking me about eskimos, but there are no eskimos in Iceland.
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i thrive best hermit style. with a beard and a pipe.
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The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy.
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Now that rock is turning 50, it’s become classical in itself. It’s interesting to see that development.
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People that complete other people’s vision are understated.
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Singing is like a celebration of oxygen.
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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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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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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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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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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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I’m self-sufficient. I spend a lot of time on my own and I shut off quite easily. When I communicate, I communicate 900 per cent, then I shut off, which scares people sometimes.
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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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Being a musician is very easy. My house is full of musical instruments. There’s a lot of music, always.
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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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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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The reason I do interviews is because I’m protecting my songs.
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I’ve written arrangements for choirs and strings in the past, but I usually write music with my voice or a keyboard and then I’ll get someone who is good at writing scores to write it out. Or, if I have the luxury of time.
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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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I have to re-create the universe every morning when I wake up, and kill it in the evening.
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It’s incredible how nature sets females up to take care of people, and yet it is tricky for them to take care of themselves.
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I’m a whisper in water.
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Love is a two way dream.
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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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I feel like the people from Iceland have a different relationship with their country than other places.
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I get highs, to be totally honest, in second-hand shops. My hunting instinct, I expect, really kicks in.
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I’d done three solo albums in a row, and that’s quite narcissistic.
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