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62 Bjork Quotes and Sayings Score
I do believe sometimes discipline is very important. I'm not just lying around like a lazy cow all the time 76
I am incredibly honoured to have been asked to write a song and sing it at the Olympics. The song is written from the point of view of the ocean that surrounds all the land and watches over the humans to see how they are doing after millions of years of evolution. It sees no borders¸ different races or religion which has always been at the core of these games 70
All people have their own way of dealing with everyday problems. Some go for walks¸ others get drunk and some get laid. I write songs 69
I want to work on my character. I think it's in there¸ a good person. I don't believe in just doing good things¸ I want to feed my demon as well. One should learn to live both the demon and the angel¸ you know? But I have a way to go. People excite me¸ they turn me on. A new person can trigger things in you that you didn't even know you had. If it's musical that's even better. The unknown turns me on 69
Being a musician is very easy. My house is full of musical instruments. There's a lot of music¸ always. But I don't really go to premieres and hang out with Puff Daddy 67
I mean¸ the human race¸ we are a tribe¸ let's face it¸ and let's stop all this religious bullshit. I think everybody¸ or at least a lot of my friends¸ are just so exhausted with this whole self-importance of religious people. Just drop it. We're all fucking animals¸ so let's just make some universal tribal beat. We're pagan. Let's just march 67
Femenists bore me to death. I follow my instinct and if that supports young girls in any way¸ great. But I'd rather they saw it more as a lesson about following their own instincts rather than imitating somebody 66
I have to do records now. I only have 50 years left¸ and I've got a lot of records to make 66
People think that I'm too eccentric¸ so it's never going to work. I've always loved pop and leftfield music. My record company thought that Debut wasn't going to sell. I said: I don't care. I really have to do this or I'll go insane. You've just got to do what you do. I came from a punk background¸ so there was no way that I was ever going to compromise with my music. I have this utopian view that the common person¸ like your gran¸ or the guy who works in the sandwich shop - actually wants an adventure¸ to hear something they've never heard before. I might seem leftfield¸ but I'm really not trying to be weird¸ you know 66
Compared to America or Europe¸ God isn't a big part of our lives here. I don't know anyone here who goes to church when he's had a rough divorce or is going through depression. We go out into nature instead 64
Right now¸ I feel like I look exhausted¸ because I'm tired. I'm not vain¸ like: I want to look pretty. That's never bothered me. But if I see a photograph of me and I look tired¸ then I'd be more worried than if I looked ugly 64
The media like drama so it's "She's in Hell". And I'm like no¸ I had a bad day in February and a bad day in September but a brilliant summer 64
I like the creative angle. Where people express themself. But I don't like it when it's too much of people being told what to do¸ and too much like¸ fascism¸ of magazines telling women to starve themself¸ and they obey! Or they're like "out of fashion"¸ which is the worst crime you could ever commit! So they get executed for it¸ publicly! It makes women very unhappy 63
I love being a very personal singer-songwriter¸ but I also like being a scientist or explorer 61
Singing is like a celebration of oxygen 60
Nature is our chapel 59
I sometimes fall into the trap of doing what I think I should be doing rather than what I want to be doing 58
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. 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 58
There's no map to human behaviour 58
It seems that most the world is driven by the eye¸ right? They design cities to look great but they always sound horrible. They design telephones to look great¸ but they sound horrible. I think it was about time that the other senses were celebrated 57
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 56
There are certain emotions in your body that not even your best friend can sympathize with¸ but you will find the right film or the right book¸ and it will understand you 56
I'm not going to talk like I know about politics¸ because I'm a total amateur¸ but maybe I can be a spokesperson for people who aren't normally interested in politics 54
I don't like drinking with food¸ I think Iceland people are a bit old-school like that. We think if you drink with food then you're an alcoholic 53
Sometimes when I write lyrics there are images in them¸ usually on a quite simplistic level¸ like colors. But most often music comes first and then later I sit down with visual people and we chat about what we want to do. I don't look at myself as a visual artist. I make music 53
I look at the news¸ I see people starving¸ I am crying. I'm a total mess. You try to think how you're going to break through this cobweb of problems and bureaucracy and how on Earth anybody is going to make any change 52
Football is a fertility festival. Eleven sperm trying to get into the egg. I feel sorry for the goalkeeper 51
It seems to me that the politicians of the rich countries are almost like this VIP that are untouchable - and then the rest of the public of their own countries and of all the other countries of the world are like the other chunk that don't have a voice. So¸ I would like to say that I am part of that huge chunk¸ which actually is about 95% of the world! 51
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 50
People that complete other people's vision are understated 50
Gling-Glo was a bigger seller in Iceland than "Debut" and all the "Sugarcubes" albums put together! That tells you a lot about Iceland 48
I get obsessed by little nerdy things in my corner that no one else is interested in 47
I'm a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl 47
The English can be a very critical¸ unforgiving people¸ but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy 47
I am one of the most idiosyncratic people around 46
I'm pretty comfortable with it when it comes to experience¸ maturity¸ er¸ wisdom¸ but I'd be lying if I said that it don't piss me off that I don't have the same energy I used to have when I was 20 46
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 46
Now that rock is turning 50¸ it's become classical itself. It's interesting to see that development 46
The reason I do interviews is because I'm protecting my songs 46
When I was a teenager in Iceland people would throw rocks and shout abuse at me because they thought I was weird. I never got that in London no matter what I wore 46
I always wanted to be a farmer. There is a tradition of that in my family 45
I'm a whisper in water 45
Sometimes doing the same thing for a really long time freaks me out¸ routine freaks me out. But then again¸ always doing new things can be lazy. It's tricky. I can be very sneaky with myself 45
I find it very difficult to draw a line between what's sex and what isn't. It can be very¸ very sexy to drive a car¸ and completely unsexy to flirt with someone at a bar 44
If nothing else¸ I have money 44
People are always asking me about eskimos¸ but there are no eskimos in Iceland 44
I would like to teach music. It's weird the way they teach music in schools like Julliard these days 43
Trying to even start to explain the film is kind of challenging¸ but with my little alcohol-pickled brain¸ it's really tough. I guess that's the point with the way Matthew sets it up¸ because there is no story. You just have to sit there and enjoy it¸ a bit like nature. The film has a narrative¸ but a really abstract one. It's not your average Hollywood movie¸ let's put it that way 43
I am a grateful¸ grapefruit 42
There is this stereotype of Icelanders all believing in spirits¸ and I've played up to that a bit in interviews 42
When I was growing up¸ I always had the feeling I was dropped from somewhere else. That's how I was treated at school in Iceland where the kids used to call me china girl¸ and everybody thought I was unusual because I looked Chinese 42
I get embarrassed listening to my last CDs. I've got a lot of work to do¸ let's put it that way 41
I'm a bit of a nerd¸ I wouldn't mind working in a shop selling records¸ or having a radio show where I could play obscure singles 41
I'm no buddhist¸ but this is fucking enlightmentment 41
The album's very much about being alone in your house¸ in a very quiet sort of introverted mood and you whisper¸ you sort of improvise. Which is between me and myself 41
What probably confuses people is they know a lot about me¸ but it quite pleases me that there's more they don't know 41
I love knitting and sewing¸ and I cook and clean and everything 40
I'd done three solo albums in a row¸ and that's quite narcissistic 39
Maybe I'll be a feminist in my old age 38
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 37
Usually when you see females in movies¸ they feel like they have these metallic structures around them¸ they are caged by male energy 37
I feel in a lot of ways Volta is Post 2. Very restless and sort of schizophrenic. Promiscuous in collaborations¸ but sincere. It's consistent in its restlessness 35