Icelandic peoples were the ones who memorized sagas... We were the first rappers of Europe.

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

There's something about the rhythm of walking, how, after about an hour and a half, the mind and body can't help getting in sync.

I'm not sure if it's because I'm older and I'm thinking about family more, but I'm trying to set up this thing where I can play in one city for a month, and then write music for a couple months, then play in another city for a month, write music for a month. Just so it's not these two schizophrenic, Jekyll and Hyde kind of things; you don't have to be this monster. You get inspired and you can go write one song from that, and then you go back and play a few shows. If I could've done that in the 90s, I would have.

It seems that most the world is driven by the eye, right? They design cities to look great but they always sound horrible ... They design telephones to look great, but they sound horrible. I think it was about time that the other senses were celebrated.

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

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.