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

Seventy per cent humidity is ideal for vocal cords.

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

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.

When I write a song, I see a tunnel, and then the chorus is an open space, or the bassline is doing this shape. I see songs as a more of a geometric, spacial experience.

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 was very aware when I went to the Academy Awards that it would probably be my first and last time. So I thought my input should really be about fertility, and I thought I'd bring some eggs.