Believe it or not, I’m a bit clumsy with technology. It’s probably why I’m so excited about the touchscreen – even an idiot can use it! – Bjork
I would like to teach music. It’s weird the way they teach music in schools like Julliard these days. – Bjork
Nature hasn’t gone anywhere. It is all around us, all the planets, galaxies and so on. We are nothing in comparison. – Bjork
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
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
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
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. – Bjork
I have written most of my melodies walking and I feel it is definitely one of the most helpful ways of sewing all of the different things in your life together and seeing the whole picture. – Bjork
I get highs, to be totally honest, in second-hand shops. My hunting instinct, I expect, really kicks in. – Bjork
We didn’t really have television when I was a kid. Around 30, I discovered films and started systematically catching up. I collect interesting documentaries and films, and watch a few nights a week. – Bjork
I do try and wear stuff by unknown designers, and I make sure I pay because if nothing else I have money. – 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. – Bjork
What probably confuses people is they know a lot about me, but it quite pleases me that there’s more they don’t know. – Bjork
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
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
There is this stereotype of Icelanders all believing in spirits, and I’ve played up to that a bit in interviews. – Bjork
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. – Bjork
The good thing about Pro Tools is you can actually hear what you’re working on, so it doesn’t just become this intellectual idea. But Pro Tools can be dangerous, too. It can make things sterile. – Bjork
The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy. – Bjork
A lot of the time I get obsessed by little nerdy things in my corner that no one else is interested in. I have that nerd factor in my character. – Bjork
In 2008, I was more just thinking about using the touchscreen for writing the songs. From there I started thinking about how I visualised music. – Bjork
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