The reason I do photographs is to help people understand my music, so it's very important that I am the same, emotionally, in the photographs as in the music. Most people's eyes are much better developed than their ears. If they see a certain emotion in the photograph, then they'll understand the music.

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.

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!

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.

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

You shouldn't let poets lie to you.

I have always had a certain song in my head, a certain chemistry of sounds.