Education Quote by Bjork

Björk slips a whole critique into that casual “It’s weird,” the kind of throwaway word artists use when they’re trying not to sound like they’re starting a fight. She’s talking about teaching, but the real target is gatekeeping: the way elite institutions like Juilliard can turn something feral and personal into a set of sanctioned techniques, correct influences, and career-friendly aesthetics.

The first line is disarming on purpose. “I would like to teach music” doesn’t come with a manifesto; it comes with curiosity and caretaking. Then she pivots to “these days,” a phrase that does double duty: it signals generational distance (she’s been in the industry long enough to watch the rules calcify), and it frames institutional pedagogy as a moving target, vulnerable to trends, branding, and professionalization. “Weird” isn’t just about method; it’s about vibe. It suggests a mismatch between how music is actually made in the wild - by obsession, accident, community, technology, and impulse - and how it’s packaged for prestige.

Context matters: Björk is a self-made formal innovator who’s always treated tools (choirs, laptops, string sections, field recordings) as extensions of imagination, not proof of mastery. From that vantage point, conservatory culture can look like a machine for producing high-skill sameness. The subtext isn’t anti-training; it’s anti-narrowness. She’s imagining a pedagogy that protects weirdness instead of sanding it down, where experimentation counts as rigor and originality isn’t an extracurricular.