Q: Sometimes the rhythms in your songs relate to ambient rhythms, whether from nature or the city. Others are very intimate and seem to accompany the rhythms of the body, of the heart …
A: There’s something in that because lots of my songs are at 80 bpm, which is how fast the heart beats when a person is walking. I write almost all my songs when I’m out walking, so, yes, there’s something in it. [Laughs.] But it isn’t something you’d want to do deliberately, it isn’t conscious.
BJÖRK, INTERVIEW BY PABLO GIL