Quotes from Bjork

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 get highs, to be totally honest, in second-hand shops. My hunting instinct, I expect, really kicks in.

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.

Love is a two way dream.

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

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

Come on, I'm from Iceland; I don't do hip-hop.

Most people in Iceland are blonde and blue-eyed. I was nicknamed 'China girl' in school 'cos they thought I looked Asian.

In elections in Iceland, I have always been an abstainer. It seems like politics is such a small bundle of self-important people, who don't have much to do with things I'm interested in.

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.

If travel is searching and home what's been found, I'm not stopping. I'm going hunting.

There is such a big chunk of me that is David Attenborough. I think he is my biggest inspiration.

I find most children quite inspiring.

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

I think choosing between men and women is like choosing between cake and ice cream. You'd be daft not to try both when there are so many different flavors.

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

I mean, the human race, we are a tribe, let's face it, and let's stop all this religious bullshit. I think everybody, or at least a lot of my friends, are just so exhausted with this whole self-importance of religious people. Just drop it. We're all fucking animals, so let's just make some universal tribal beat. We're pagan. Let's just march.

I'm self-sufficient. I spend a lot of time on my own and I shut off quite easily. When I communicate, I communicate 900 per cent, then I shut off, which scares people sometimes.

I am half child, half ancient.

You shouldn't let poets lie to you.

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

I do not believe in religion, but if I had to choose one, it would be Buddhism. It seems more livable, closer to men.

When asked 'Given the chance, how would you change the world ?'] It's a big question. Getting rid of religion would be a good start, wouldn't it? It seems to be causing a lot of havoc.

Coincidence makes sense only with you.