There is this stereotype of Icelanders all believing in spirits, and I've played up to that a bit in interviews.

Part of me is probably more conservative than people realise. I like my old string quartets, I don't like music that's trippy for trippy's sake.

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

If travel is searching and home what's been found, I'm not stopping. I'm going hunting.

I've always had as many powerful, creative ladies in my life as I have men, and you could probably describe some of those relationships as romantic. I think everyone's bisexual to some degree or another; it's just a question of whether or not you choose to recognise it and embrace it. Personally, I think choosing between men and women is like choosing between cake and ice cream. You'd be daft not to try both when there are so many different flavours.

I'm a little nervous. Definitely. Especially coming from an album like Biophilia, which was about the universe. This is more of a traditional singer/songwriter thing. When I started writing, I fought against it. I thought it was way too boring and predictable. But most of the time, it just happens; there's nothing you can do. You have to let it be what it is.

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.