Bjork
Bjork
Björk Guðmundsdóttir, known mononymously as Björk, is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Over her three-decade career, she has developed an eclectic musical style that draws on a wide range of influences and genres spanning electronic, pop, experimental, trip hop, dance, classical, and avant-garde styles. She initially became known as the lead singer of the alternative rock band The Sugarcubes, whose 1987 single "Birthday" was a hit on US and UK indie stations and a favorite among music critics. Björk embarked on a...
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth21 November 1965
CityReykjavik, Iceland
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.
The reason I do interviews is because I'm protecting my songs.
Seventy per cent humidity is ideal for vocal cords.
Over the last 10 years, there have been so many incredible albums created in bedrooms by people who never would've gotten an album deal.
Now that rock is turning 50, it's become classical in itself. It's interesting to see that development.
I love being a very personal singer-songwriter, but I also like being a scientist or explorer.
I guess I'm quite used to not being understood rather than being understood.
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.
I don't like records that are the same from beginning to end, that are too styled and slick. Everything is so designed and airbrushed and Botoxed, it makes us think, 'Oh, everybody's perfect except me. Everything's smooth except me.' But nothing is smooth.
Today has never happened and it doesn't frighten me.
I do try and wear stuff by unknown designers, and I make sure I pay because if nothing else I have money.
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.
I am one of the most idiosyncratic people around.
If you can make nature and technology friends, then you can make everyone friends; you can make everyone intact. That's what women do a lot - they're the glue between a lot of things.