Sindri Eldon

Sindri
Juergen Teller : So how is your son ? Björk : Oh, he’s great. Juergen Teller : Do you often make music together ? Björk : No, the area where we meet seems to be humor. We’ve always worn costumes, enjoyed comedy videos, and read scripts-he’s really into analyzing scripts. Juergen Teller : What kind ? Björk : Well, he went through a period where he learned by heart all the scripts for everything John Cleese did, like Fawlty Towers and Monty Python. And he’s definitely into science fiction. We must have watched Alien together five thousand times. Of course, I’ll be admiring Sigourney Weaver-kind of female power-and he’ll be admiring the aliens. [laughs] Juergen Teller : Right, right. Do you find it difficult to move around so much, having a kid ? Björk : Well, Sindri started...

Index magazine, june/july 2001

Sindri
Kids are so excellent. He has been the bravest of it all, and he’s right into it. His English is better than mine !

TimeOut, 11 august 1994

Sindri
Kids are so excellent. He has been the bravest of all during our move here and he’s right into it. He already knows Icelandic but I want him to speak English, which is already better than mine ! But I don’t know what school to send him to as all schools make statements which is the fault of the class system. Do I want him to be a snob or working class or a Chelsea kind of kid ? But it’s not my fight in the end.

Raw, janvier 1996

Sindri
I think what happens when you have a child that young is, I think it’s quite common, is that the child becomes more of a pal, like a person rather than a child. Obviously you still take care of them and feed them and dress them and everything, but it’s more like a companion. That’s kind of what’s happened and I was really lucky. He travelled with me until he started school. A lot of my friends put their child into care eight hours a day, when it was three or six months old, and that’s a lot of time to be away from a child. Whereas I was in this working situation with the Sugarcubes where I could take him with me to a rehearsal and if he was crying we would just stop the rehearsal. I don’t think that would have been very likely if I worked in Tesco’s. I don’t look at myself as a...

Feedback, february 1996

Sindri
He has to be recognised for what he is. I think it’s terrible if he’s recognised for what I am. That’s not fair on him and he will be unhappy if he starts depending on that. I want him to be himself and be recognised for what he does. It’s tricky like this Bangkok thing where I attacked this lady, I completely lost my temper. I’m not proud of it, I’ll be ashamed of it for the rest of my life, but I was protecting him from my demons, from the silly things that have to do with my job.

i-D, #154, june 1996

Sindri
How would you feel if your son was gay ? That was actually the first thing his father said when he saw him. Thor said, "It’s a boy and he’s gay." That’s just his sense of humor. I laughed my head off and the doctors couldn’t believe how insensitive he was. But that was exactly what I needed, just to have a laugh after all of that hard work. In a sense it would be quite handy because I wouldn’t mind, instead of having a gay person being born into a family where they would make it into a nightmare for him. But you can’t think that way - my son just has to be my son, doesn’t he ? I wouldn’t mind at all, though. When we talk about boyfriends or girlfriends, we always talk about both possibilities. For you ? For him. Or for whomever. ’Cause I’ve got a lot of gay friends and lesbian...

Bust, october 1996

Sindri
He’s writing science fiction stories. On his lap-top. He’s really into Star Wars and we’ve got a new craze : Aliens ! I never seen them till last week ! Sigourney Weaver ; what a woman ! Sindri has to go a bit under the sheets sometimes. His senses are words - I don’t know if he’ll be a teacher or a writer or something to do with language. But I don’t mind what he does. I’ve been very lucky, he toured with me all the way up till he was six, then I could do the tours when he was on half-terms or holidays. But we’re so connected that when we’re not together we tend to just get on with our lives. It seems cold but we’re together ; mostly, 24 hours

Blah Blah Blah, december 1996

Sindri
He does his homework, and I don’t get involved and I do my homework and he doesn’t get involved. We don’t discuss my work. I have calmed down a bit which is maybe because I am bringing up a child. I don’t swear in my songs anymore. I keep telling Sindri to use "fuck" sparely, because if he says fuck every other word, it won’t do him any good when he is having a proper argument because he has run out of fucks.

QX Mag, december 1996

Sindri
I do not talk about my son because it’s not fair. I do not want him being bothered.

The Daily Telegraph, 23 february 2002

Sindri
He gets most of his education through the Internet anyway. He’s a bit of a professor, he reads encyclopedias while other people play football . He’s wicked - I’ll be chatting with my friends and talking about different countries, say Madagascar and I’ll say `What’s the religion in Madagascar again, Sindri ?’ and he’ll know it right off. He knows more about Bosnia than I do.

Sky 12/95

Sindri
I moved out when I was 14. My mum was hysterical about it. I decided I would never do that to him : I would never be that desperate about it. We’ve always been like Siamese Twins, me and my boy. He toured with me - we were together, 24/7, for 14 years. He’s having an excellent time. He’s living with his father in Iceland - they’re bonding and shaving and talking about girls, which I think is excellent. He’s partying and socialising and doing what you’re supposed to do when you’re 15. He’s in a band. He likes rock. Which I don’t. He’s rebelling. Thank God !

Q Magazine, July 2001