Bjork
November 21, 2012
On this date in 1965, recording artist Bjork
(nee Bjork Gudmundsdottir) was born in Iceland. She studied classical
piano as an elementary student in Reykjavik. When her teachers submitted
a tape of her singing "I Love to Love" to Iceland's Radio One, it
became a hit. Her first album was released when she was 11. She had
formed two bands by age 14. She sang with an avante-garde pop band, The
Sugarcubes, in 1986, which became successful internationally. Bjork
ventured on a solo career in 1992, which has encompassed the dance and
club culture, punk, jazz standards and ballads. She won a Best Actress
award at Cannes for playing the protagonist in "Dancer in the Dark"
(released in the United States in 2000), for which she also composed the
score. "Dancer" also won Best Picture at Cannes. When asked if she
believes in God, Bjork replied: "I do not believe in religion, but if I
had to choose one, it would be Buddhism." (Les Inrockuptibles No. 14,
June 16, 1995).
“I've got my own religion. Iceland sets a world-record. The United Nations asked people from all over the world a series of questions. Iceland stuck out on one thing. When we were asked what do we believe, 90% said, 'ourselves.' I think I'm in that group. If I get into trouble, there's no God or Allah to sort me out. I have to do it myself.”
— Bjork, HotPress, "Bjork on the Wild Side," 1994. Found at http://ebweb.tuwien.ac.at/
Compiled by Annie Laurie Gaylor - ww.ffrf.org
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