Arca

That's been a huge recurring thing in growing up - allowing two things to exist in the same space even though, instinctively, they might not be designated to. ”

The only thing that mattered to me with 'Xen' was setting things up against each other in an uncomfortable way. If there's a really soft piece of music, and then you're hit by a painful explosive sound, your brain does this funny somersault trying to make sense of why this happened. And at that very moment, your brain is malleable. ”

Arca means 'box' or 'wooden' in very old Spanish. It's a ceremonial container where you store jewelry or valuables, an empty space that can become pregnant with whatever music or meaning I give to it. ”

Being knee-deep in sadness or suffering and refusing to look down - to me, that represents something more powerful than someone who's never gone through difficulty. ”

I hoped that being attracted to men might go away, but what I never ever hoped would go away were the feelings of femininity, and of softness and fragility, that could live inside of a boy. They were private, but they were mine. ”

Compulsion is a behaviour that short-circuits you out of feeling ashamed, and then you feel triple-ashamed afterwards. ”

I'm an all-or-nothing person. ”

I exist in agreement with all the weird chaos, destruction, and agony that is undoubtedly part of the texture of being alive. ”

When I met Bjork, I felt like it was a friendship first; it was like an oxygen you get from a person you only can exist with symbiotically. It's one of the most beautiful relationships I've had. She is incredible. ”

I've learned a lot from every musical collaboration I've ever had, but there's something about my relationship with Bjork that is special to me. ”