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
When I was 18, science, physics, and math were my favorite. I was a bit of a nerd - the only girl with a lot of boys at chess championships.
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.
You shouldn't let poets lie to you.
I learned what a lot of women have to do is make the guys in the room think it was their idea, and then you back them up.
Love is a two way dream.
I thought I could organise freedom/How Scandinavian of me ...
Maybe I'll be a feminist in my old age.
I don't really have an ego. I'm not that bothered.
I'm not that keen on fierce dictatorship. I think that sort of the point of working with somebody is them coming up with stuff and feeling free to do that.
Icelandic peoples were the ones who memorized sagas... We were the first rappers of Europe.
All we had ever heard about record company people is that they were vampires and criminals...and they killed Elvis Presley.
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.
Solar power, wind power, the way forward is to collaborate with nature - it's the only way we are going to get to the other end of the 21st century.
What probably confuses people is they know a lot about me, but it quite pleases me that there's more they don't know.