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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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'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.

If nothing else, I have money.

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.

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

Nature is our chapel.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

There's no map to human behaviour.

I try to remember our relative insignificance on this planet and that these seemingly important things do not mean quite as much as we think they do.