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I love being a very personal singer-songwriter, but I also like being a scientist or explorer.
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I feel like the people from Iceland have a different relationship with their country than other places. Most Icelandic people are really proud to be from there, and we don't have embarrassments like World War II where we were cruel to other people.
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I do love one-upmanship sometimes, like when you see kids breakdancing and who can do the best tricks. It's common, it's in our nature as animals, like the birds of paradise who've got the best feathers and that sort of stuff. But it's fun when it's impulsive and it's about fun.
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I've always appreciated working with people I have chemistry with, who are friends, and where you feel that the work is growing while you are getting to know each other better.
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Feminists bore me to death. I follow my instinct and if that supports young girls in any way, great. But I'd rather they saw it more as a lesson about following their own instincts rather than imitating somebody.
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There is such a big chunk of me that is David Attenborough. I think he is my biggest inspiration.
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The funeral business is so manipulative emotionally. I would want to be thrown into the sea or burned - something that's not a big hassle.
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I have written most of my melodies walking and I feel it is definitely one of the most helpful ways of sewing all of the different things in your life together and seeing the whole picture.
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The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy.
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I sometimes fall into the trap of doing what I think I should be doing rather than what I want to be doing.
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I get embarrassed listening to my last CDs. I've got a lot of work to do, let's put it that way.
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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!
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Most Icelandic people are really proud to be from there, and we don't have embarrassments like World War II where we were cruel to other people. We don't even have an army. So it's sort of like an all-around good, innocent place.
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I would like to teach music. It's weird the way they teach music in schools like Julliard these days.
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When I was 20, political music was the uncoolest thing on earth.
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As a singer-songwriter, what I do is write about how the human feels.
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When I met Apple, I made it very clear that I am an old punk and I have never done commercials or been sponsored. And I wasn't after their money.
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People that complete other people's vision are understated.
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I am a grateful... grapefruit.
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In '96, I was in a very specific place with my own music - I was only listening to beats. You would come to my house, and I would just play beats all day.
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I've been traveling in Guatemala in the rainforest, and here all these houses are made of sticks. It seems so easy to make one.
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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.
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The reason I do interviews is because I'm protecting my songs.
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I'm just like anybody. I have my ups and downs.
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