The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy.

The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy.

If nothing else, I have money.

There's no map to human behaviour.

I'm a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl.

The reason I do interviews is because I'm protecting my songs.

I'm not going to talk like I know about politics, because I'm a total amateur, but maybe I can be a spokesperson for people who aren't normally interested in politics.

I am a grateful... grapefruit.

I would like to teach music. It's weird the way they teach music in schools like Julliard these days.

Usually when you see females in movies, they feel like they have these metallic structures around them, they are caged in by male energy.

People are always asking me about eskimos, but there are no eskimos in Iceland.

There is this stereotype of Icelanders all believing in spirits, and I've played up to that a bit in interviews.

I'd done three solo albums in a row, and that's quite narcissistic.

When I was a teenager in Iceland people would throw rocks and shout abuse at me because they thought I was weird. I never got that in London no matter what I wore.

Compared to America or Europe, God isn't a big part of our lives here. I don't know anyone here who goes to church when he's had a rough divorce or is going through depression. We go out into nature instead.

I love being a very personal singer-songwriter, but I also like being a scientist or explorer.

I am one of the most idiosyncratic people around.

Nature is our chapel.

I'm a bit of a nerd, I wouldn't mind working in a shop selling records, or having a radio show where I could play obscure singles.

I love England. It's no coincidence it's the first place I moved to for a more cosmopolitan life, which is the only thing Iceland lacks.

Maybe I'll be a feminist in my old age.

Now that rock is turning 50, it's become classical in itself. It's interesting to see that development.

People that complete other people's vision are understated.

I get obsessed by little nerdy things in my corner that no one else is interested in.

I always wanted to be a farmer. There is a tradition of that in my family.

I sometimes fall into the trap of doing what I think I should be doing rather than what I want to be doing.

I get embarrassed listening to my last CDs. I've got a lot of work to do, let's put it that way.

It's funny how the hippies and the punks tried to get rid of the conservatives, but they always seem to get the upper hand in the end.

It's incredible how nature sets females up to take care of people, and yet it is tricky for them to take care of themselves.

For a person as obsessed with music as I am, I always hear a song in the back of my head, all the time, and that usually is my own tune. I've done that all my life.

Football is a fertility festival. Eleven sperm trying to get into the egg. I feel sorry for the goalkeeper.

I do believe sometimes discipline is very important. I'm not just lying around like a lazy cow all the time.

A lot of the time I get obsessed by little nerdy things in my corner that no one else is interested in. I have that nerd factor in my character.

As a singer-songwriter, what I do is write about how the human feels.

Being a musician is very easy. My house is full of musical instruments. There's a lot of music, always.

Believe it or not, I'm a bit clumsy with technology. It's probably why I'm so excited about the touchscreen - even an idiot can use it!

But I'm not interested in politics. I lose interest the microsecond it ceases to be emotional, when something becomes a political movement. What I'm interested in is emotions.

Feminists bore me to death. I follow my instinct and if that supports young girls in any way, great. But I'd rather they saw it more as a lesson about following their own instincts rather than imitating somebody.

I bought a laptop in 1999, and it was quite liberating, because I could make a lot of my own decisions.

I do try and wear stuff by unknown designers, and I make sure I pay because if nothing else I have money.

I don't expect people to get me. That would be quite arrogant. I think there are a lot of people out there in the world that nobody gets.

I feel like the people from Iceland have a different relationship with their country than other places. Most Icelandic people are really proud to be from there, and we don't have embarrassments like World War II where we were cruel to other people.

I feel the 21st century is another new age. Not only can we collaborate again with nature, but we have to. It's an emergency.

I find most children quite inspiring.

I get highs, to be totally honest, in second-hand shops. My hunting instinct, I expect, really kicks in.

I guess I'm quite used to not being understood rather than being understood.

I have written most of my melodies walking and I feel it is definitely one of the most helpful ways of sewing all of the different things in your life together and seeing the whole picture.

I love hiking in Iceland most, there are lots of brilliant paths.

I mostly write on my own, walking, outside.