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Quotes by Icelandic Authors

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

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

Work, Listening

8

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

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

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

7

"If nothing else, I have money."

"If nothing else, I have money."

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

7

"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 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, Icelandic Musician

Funny, End, Hippies

7

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

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

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

Development, Now

6

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

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

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

People, Comedy, Country, Criticism

6

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

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

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

5

"Nature is our chapel."

"Nature is our chapel."

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

5

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

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

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

Spirit, Spirits

4

"I am one of the most idiosyncratic people around."

"I am one of the most idiosyncratic people around."

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

4

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

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

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

Family, Tradition

4

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

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

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

Time, Discipline, Lying

4

"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 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, Icelandic Musician

Selling, Mind, Play

4

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

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

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

4

"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 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."

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

Life, Music, Time, Song

3

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

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

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

3

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

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

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

3

"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 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, Icelandic Musician

Love, Life, EnglFirst

3

"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."

"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."

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

Nature, God, Church, America

3

"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."

"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."

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

Politics, People, Talk

3

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

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

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

3

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

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

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

3

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

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

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

3

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

"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, Icelandic Musician

3

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

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

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

Football, Trying

3

"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 incredible how nature sets females up to take care of people, and yet it is tricky for them to take care of themselves."

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

Nature, People, Care

2

"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 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."

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

Thought, People, Abuse, London

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