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.

If nothing else, I have money.

Seventy per cent humidity is ideal for vocal cords.

People that complete other people's vision are understated.

I feel Icelandic people are really good at gathering together information and brain power. We're better at that than some kind of Las Vegas money gambling. I mean, I really admire the characteristics in Icelandics, this adventureism. We are famous for it. We are addicted to risk to the point of being foolhardy. And I think that is great in brain power stuff.

I always wanted to be a farmer. There is a tradition of that in my family.

If you want to make something happen that hasn't happened before , you've got to allow yourself to make a lot of mistakes.