National Geographic contacted me about getting on their label, and I was like, 'Wow, I want to be label mates with the sharks and lemurs!'

Maybe it's just a personal thing, but I get so much grounding from Iceland because I know it's always going to be there. I have a very happy, healthy relationship with the country, so it's really easy to go everywhere because I always have Iceland to go back to. It's sort of a contradiction, but that's how it works somehow.

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.

I think every year brings unknowns that you have to deal with and handle, confront and embrace.

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

I am a grateful grapefruit.

I am one of the most idiosyncratic people around.