Bjork Quotes & Trivia



Quotes

Although the war has been destructive and disastrous, the good thing is that people actually want to have a say.

Both sides are waiting for their Messiah to arrive. And then people point their fingers at us and say we are superstitious.

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.

Football is a fertility festival. Eleven sperm trying to get into the egg. I feel sorry for the goalkeeper.

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.

For the first time since the Vietnam War, there seems a universal feeling among common people that they don't agree with the people who are ruling the world.

I always wanted to be a farmer. There is a tradition of that in my family.

I am a grateful... grapefruit.

I am one of the most idiosyncratic people around.

I became really aware of my muscles and bones. Your body just takes over and does incredible things.

I do believe sometimes discipline is very important. I'm not just lying around like a lazy cow all the time.

I do try and wear stuff by unknown designers.

I encouraged everyone to express themselves and imagine they were a human drum loop or bassline.

I gave everything I've got and a lot more, so I feel very proud of the film. I know all my heart is in there, and that's all I can do.

I get embarrassed listening to my last CDs. I've got a lot of work to do, let's put it that way.

I get obsessed by little nerdy things in my corner that no one else is interested in.

I just think I should do music. I think that's where I'm at my best.

I love being a very personal singer-songwriter, but I also like being a scientist or explorer.

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.

I miss the music, the people and the feeling of acceptance.

I should just follow my heart and be spontaneous.

I sometimes fall into the trap of doing what I think I should be doing rather than what I want to be doing.

I was really into giving my interior up to someone else.

I would like to teach music. It's weird the way they teach music in schools like Julliard these days.

I'd done three solo albums in a row, and that's quite narcissistic.

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.

I'm a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl.

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.

If I don't like something, it's out of my hands. I'm not controlling like that about my acting or my image or visual stuff.

If I, of all people, am developing an interest in politics, then a lot of other people must be as well.

If nothing else, I have money.

In the 1990s, there was a lot of optimism: we thought we'd finally sorted out equal rights for men and women, and then suddenly it just crashed.

It was because of the film that I wanted to act. It's not because of the film that I don't want to.

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.

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.

It's not like I've got it all planned out. Things keep happening that I could never have even imagined.

It's really liberating to do a project that's not just about me.

It's the law of nature that it all settles again, so you have to keep checking on yourself.

Maybe I'll be a feminist in my old age.

Nature is our chapel.

Now that rock is turning 50, it's become classical in itself. It's interesting to see that development.

Now, even supermodels are discussing international affairs between themselves.

Part of me is probably more conservative than people realise. I like my old string quartets.

People are always asking me about eskimos, but there are no eskimos in Iceland.

People are learning more about Islam. We're becoming aware of things we didn't know about before.

People that complete other people's vision are understated.

Stupid American racism and patriotism. What about the human soul? What happened before we got involved in problematic things like civilisation and religion and nationhood?

The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy.

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.

The reason I do interviews is because I'm protecting my songs.

There is this stereotype of Icelanders all believing in spirits, and I've played up to that a bit in interviews.

There's no map to human behaviour.

Usually when you see females in movies, they feel like they have these metallic structures around them, they are caged in by male energy.

We set up a portable computer. Ninety percent of this album was recorded in bedrooms and hotel rooms between cooking and talking and chilling out.

What probably confuses people is they know a lot about me, but it quite pleases me that there's more they don't know.

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.

When it comes to arranging the music, that's kind of when I can get slightly clever.

With a lot of this music, I was in the studio for 12 or 16 hours a day, for a year. You just sit in there with big bags under your eyes and a cup of coffee.

With the Internet, people are going to have to ask themselves whether they want to go into music even if they may not become multimillionaires.

You have to be careful in what areas you put discipline, like maintenance or making sure there's electricity in your house or food in the fridge. You have to nurture these things.