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Bjork

Musician

Born: Nov 21, 1965

About Me Music Nature People You

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Singing is like a celebration of oxygen. Bjork

Singing Like Celebration Oxygen

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

Family Always Tradition Wanted Farmer

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

You Book Decision Care Own Everything Way Small Mentality Small Town Town Make Go Very Going Just Whether Your Early

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

Girl Shape Blood Fountain

I think every year brings unknowns that you have to deal with and handle, confront and embrace. Bjork

You Year Every Think Unknowns Embrace Deal Handle Confront Brings

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

Sometimes Fall Think Rather Doing Than Want Should Trap

In Reykjavik, Iceland, where I was born, you are in the middle of nature surrounded by mountains and ocean. But you are still in a capital in Europe. So I have never understood why I have to choose between nature or urban. Bjork

Nature You Ocean Mountains Born Never Between Understood Still Surrounded Middle Where Urban Iceland Capital Choose Europe Why

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

Time You First Symphony Symphony Orchestra Late Harp Saxophone Kid Out Berserk Had Come Know Toy Until Became Arrange Came Quartet Years Shop Orchestra Which Pop Album

People that complete other people's vision are understated. Bjork

People Vision Other Complete Understated

As a singer-songwriter, what I do is write about how the human feels. Bjork

About Write Feels Singer-Songwriter How Human

Most Icelandic people are really proud to be from there, and we don't have embarrassments like World War II where we were cruel to other people. We don't even have an army. So it's sort of like an all-around good, innocent place. Bjork

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

Corner Else Nerdy No-One Obsessed Get Interested Little Things

I am a grateful... grapefruit. Bjork

Grateful Am

I am one of the most idiosyncratic people around. Bjork

People Most Around Am

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. Bjork

Music Myself People Sometimes First Sit Down Lyrics Later Visual About Chat Write Colors Simplistic Like Look Most Make Artist Quite Often Want Them Then Level Images

I've always appreciated working with people I have chemistry with, who are friends, and where you feel that the work is growing while you are getting to know each other better. Bjork

Work You People Better Chemistry Other Feel Know Always Friends Getting Where While Working Who Each Growing Appreciated

I guess I'm quite used to not being understood rather than being understood. Bjork

Guess Rather Understood Than Quite Being Used

I do love one-upmanship sometimes, like when you see kids breakdancing and who can do the best tricks. It's common, it's in our nature as animals, like the birds of paradise who've got the best feathers and that sort of stuff. But it's fun when it's impulsive and it's about fun. Bjork

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

Interviews Songs Protecting Because Reason

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

Become See Classical Development Rock Itself Interesting Turning Now

If nothing else, I have money. Bjork

Money Nothing Else

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

Three Solo Narcissistic Done Quite Row Albums

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

Music Way Would Weird Days Like Schools Teach

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