Bjork

I do try and wear stuff by unknown designers, and I make sure I pay because if nothing else I have money. ”

If nothing else, I have money. ”

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

I started an all-girl punk band when I was 14, and I was the drummer, not the singer. ”

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

I guess I'm quite used to not being understood rather than being understood. ”

Being a musician is very easy. My house is full of musical instruments. There's a lot of music, always. ”

Part of me is probably more conservative than people realise. I like my old string quartets, I don't like music that's trippy for trippy's sake. ”

I get obsessed by little nerdy things in my corner that no one else is interested in. ”

Living in a capital in Europe but still surrounded by mountains and ocean, my relationship to music was strongest walking to school and back. I would sing to myself and very quickly started mapping out my melodies to landscapes - at the time I just thought it was very matter of fact, a common thing to do. ”