I believe so much in the power of performance I don't want to convince people. I want them to experience it and come away convinced on their own.

In real life, you just work for the ordinary self, but in the front of audience you become the superself. That's a completely different thing.

Western culture has more need because they're so much more degenerated. They're so much more hurt, and misbalanced completely.

Talking about [Donald] Trump, there's nothing wrong with Trump. He's who he is. It's wrong with us, who let him [win]. That's what's wrong. It's not that he's going to change, but the people who think like him.

The body has an enormous power of healing, if you really believe you are going to be healed, you're going to be healed. If you really believe you're going to die, you're going to die. If you apply this kind of method to everything, then there is hope.

From the moment you are born, you could die. I think as an artist it is important to meditate on that.

If you are really true to yourself and really follow your intuition in the most rigorous way, there is a moment that becomes universal, that reaches everybody. That’s the real magic of Björk-she teaches us the courage to be ourselves.