Bjork Fun Facts, Quotes and Tweets
5th June 2014
Fact: Hip-hop star and foodie Questlove invited pals including singers Bjork and Solange Knowles and actors Sophia Bush, David Cross and his wife Amber Tamblyn into his New York home on Tuesday (03Jun14) for a special dinner party. The Roots star had a slew of celebrity chefs cook up dishes in his kitchen and shared photos of the unique meals from the likes of April Bloomfield, Daniel Boulud, David Chang and Dominique Ansel with fans on Instagram.com.
25th August 2010
Fact: Reclusive pop star Bjork has shot a video for The Comet Song, a tune she wrote for new animated film Moomins & the Comet Chase.
16th March 2010
Quote: "We have a very ambitious project, a sort of scientific musical... but maybe more for museums." Moviemaker Michel Gondry on his upcoming collaboration with Bjork.
6th April 2009
Quote: "He's very, very special and generous. There's a feeling of his ancestors singing through him." Bjork pays tribute to singer ANTONY HEGARTY.
11th October 2008
Fact: Bjork's new single, NATTURA, will feature backing vocals from Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke.
14th July 2008
Quote: "It's the beginning of a whole new chapter. Bjork has come a little away from the 'Icelandic' thing and now I hope we can as well. Maybe the film (Heima) was really that last word of us and Iceland and now we can move on." GEORG 'GOGGI' HOLM, bass player for Icelandic band Sigur Ros, on the group's new direction.
9th May 2008
Quote: "She's wacky but fantastic. I'd flipping love to be brave enough to walk the red carpet in a swan dress." Bond girl Gemma Arterton cites Icelandic pop star Bjork as her fashion inspiration.
3rd November 2007
Quote: "Bjork is like an aunt to us. She opens up new territories. Sometimes we meet at a bar and drink champagne and party like crazy." Icelandic rocker Sigur Ros would love BJORK to be part of his family.
13th August 2007
Quote: "My favourite stuff in school was math. I was obsessed with it. I did all these extra classes... Math and movement are where I feel at home." Bjork on her love for mathematics.
7th August 2007
Quote: "I'm surprised that I ended up in the pop star role because, as a teenager, I was the drummer in the band. I'm more of a nerd than a star." Bjork ponders her career predicament.
22nd June 2007
Quote: "I can't remember anything about it. Somebody had to remind me." Let's hope this year's (07) Glastonbury performance for Bjork is more memorable than Bjork's last one in 1994.
4th June 2007
Quote: "When I am in Iceland, we meet on Tuesdays for lunch and soup." Bjork on her lasting friendships with members of her former group the SUGARCUBES.
3rd June 2007
Quote: "It's a white, male thing for me. It's square-shaped and Christian. It's very much about not having mystery. I can't get into it." Bjork is not a fan of rock music.
31st May 2007
Quote: "It was scary to look at the headlines when she was photographed without her knickers. There were obviously hundreds of paparazzi forced in her face... I'm embarrassed because this actually shows how much I've been following it." Bjork on Britney Spears' underwear scandal.
3rd May 2007
Quote: "When I get a bit tipsy I end up doing Michael Jackson tunes. My Billie Jean is not bad, but I need a few drinks first." Bjork loves karaoke.
15th February 2007
Quote: "I think she got mad at me, actually. I thought she'd think it was funny, but, no, she didn't like it." Comedienne Ellen Degeneres insists she won't be poking fun at stars' fashion disasters during her stint as the 2007 Oscars host after upsetting Bjork by mocking her "swan dress" at the EMMY Awards in 2001.
29th January 2007
Fact: British pop star Lily Allen has signed up to play at England's Glastonbury Festival in June (07). She will join The Who, Bjork and Arctic Monkeys on a star-studded bill.
25th January 2007
Fact: Glastonbury organiser Michael Eavis has confirmed The Who are to perform at this year (07)'s Glastonbury festival. Other acts set to appear at the English musical extravaganza include Bjork, Arctic Monkeys and Arcade Fire.
14th January 2006
Quote: <p>"She confuses me with GISELE and Bjork." Kate Beckinsale admits her daughter often mixes her up with other sexy celebrities. </p>
21st November 2005
Fact: <p>New Orleans, Louisiana music legend Dr John officially became a pensioner today (21NOV05) when he celebrated his 65th birthday. It was also a landmark day for Icelandic pop star Bjork, who turned 40. </p>
29th September 2005
Quote: <p>"I'll probably just live in a lighthouse and play a pipe organ." Bjork on how she'll spend her old age. </p>
29th September 2005
Quote: <p>"I think maybe his mum didn't do a very good job of bringing him up, and he wanted me to go in there and fix him, which I did. When he was being a spoiled brat, I would just stop him." Bjork describes working with movie maverick Lars Von Trier on the set of Dancer in the Dark. </p>
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