Living in a capital in Europe but still surrounded by mountains and ocean, my relationship to music was strongest walking to school and back. I would sing to myself and very quickly started mapping out my melodies to landscapes – at the time I just thought it was very matter of fact, a common thing to do. Bjork Read Quote
When I met Apple, I made it very clear that I am an old punk and I have never done commercials or been sponsored. And I wasn’t after their money. Bjork Read Quote
There is this stereotype of Icelanders all believing in spirits, and I’ve played up to that a bit in interviews. Bjork Read Quote
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. Bjork Read Quote
My first album didn’t come out until I was 27, which in pop years is late, you know. But when it came time to arrange it, I became a kid in a toy shop. I had a harp and a saxophone quartet and a symphony orchestra. I went berserk for a time. Bjork Read Quote
Usually when you see females in movies, they feel like they have these metallic structures around them, they are caged in by male energy. Bjork Read Quote
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. Bjork Read Quote
With a small town mentality, you make a decision very early on as to whether you are going to do everything by the book or just go your own way and not care. Bjork Read Quote
