I am grateful... grapefruit.

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

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.

I'd done three solo albums in a row, and that's quite narcissistic.

I thought I could organise freedom/How Scandinavian of me.

When I was a teenager in Iceland people would throw rocks and shout abuse at me because they thought I was weird. I never got that in London no matter what I wore.

The relationship changes as you learn more about people, and the work sort of takes on its own life. I enjoy this very much.