Bjork on her calls for Tibetan independence: "I whispered it"

Recent events in the Western provinces make Bjork's little indiscretion in Shanghai look like a storm in a teacup. However, she speaks, we report and in an interview for the New Statesman magazine, (previewed on TheLipster.com) Bjork had this to say about her pronouncement during "Declare Independence":

"When I said "Tibet, Tibet", I whispered it three times. There was no fuss in the room. It happened afterwards on websites."

The lesson here perhaps is that in a world of cellphone cameras, YouTube, and blogs covering every possible angle that there's no such thing as a "whisper" in front of 10,000 people (see it for yourself).

She goes on to say:

"China has become the next superpower in the world. And the issue is: how are they going to deal with Western moral issues like freedom of speech?"

The immediate answer we now know is: by tightening their grip on visiting musicians, and probably no free tickets to the Olympics in Gudmundsdottir mailbox.

Photo by Jake Newby