Quotes By Bjork

I don't expect people to get me. That would be quite arrogant. I think there are a lot of people out there in the world that nobody gets.

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.

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

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

I feel like the people from Iceland have a different relationship with their country than other places. 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.

Seventy per cent humidity is ideal for vocal cords.

Sometimes, when I have a lot of ideas and I want to do a lot of things, or when I'm traveling, I lose energy and I can't do as many things as I want. So I have to plan days when I'm not doing anything. I find that a bit boring, but it's necessary.

I feel the 21st century is another new age. Not only can we collaborate again with nature, but we have to. It's an emergency.

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

I love hiking in Iceland most, there are lots of brilliant paths.

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.

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

But I'm not interested in politics. I lose interest the microsecond it ceases to be emotional, when something becomes a political movement. What I'm interested in is emotions.

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.

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

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

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.

There's no map to human behaviour.

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

There's something about the rhythm of walking, how, after about an hour and a half, the mind and body can't help getting in sync.

I've been traveling in Guatemala in the rainforest, and here all these houses are made of sticks. It seems so easy to make one.

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.

Being a musician is very easy. My house is full of musical instruments. There's a lot of music, always.

Feminists 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.

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 am one of the most idiosyncratic people around.

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

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

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.

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.