There's so many songs about heartbreak that exist this in the world, because music is somehow the perfect medium to express something like this.

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

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.

When I was 20, political music was the uncoolest thing on earth. But when Bush got elected, that was the first time I started actually reading the news.

If nothing else, I have money.

Sometimes, when I have a lot of ideas and I want to do a lot of things, or when I'm traveling, I lose energy and I can't do as many things as I want. So I have to plan days when I'm not doing anything. I find that a bit boring, but it's necessary.

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