I think it was Neil Young who once said he doesn't like playing new, unreleased material live anymore because it always gets bootlegged. He feels that playing a show is an intimate thing between him and the public and he doesn't like people who weren't there to listen to it out of context. What inspired you to play 4 new songs?
  		 
i did think about that but having been a bit overprotective in the past i was ready to surprise myself and make an exception to the rule . i am actually more worried that the song will loose it´s "virginity" live ( as a feeling ) than the fans hearing it incomplete . i am more worried about how i feel about it , that when you get back to the studio after the tour the song will be too worn out , a bit of a stillborn , than fans hearing a bad sound recording of it . but i was ready to take the consequences and added 4 new songs and if they don´t survive the treatment that´s ok . they died for a good cause , a bit of mourning will happen but then gracefully things will move on to new songs , apparently there are many unwritten still out there ...

Björk replied 2003-09-15