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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 think every year brings unknowns that you have to deal with and handle, confront and embrace. "

" Living in a capital in Europe but still surrounded by mountains and ocean, my relationship to music was strongest walking to school and back. I would sing to myself and very quickly started mapping out my melodies to landscapes - at the time I just thought it was very matter of fact, a common thing to do. "

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" In Reykjavik, Iceland, where I was born, you are in the middle of nature surrounded by mountains and ocean. But you are still in a capital in Europe. So I have never understood why I have to choose between nature or urban. "

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" I love hiking in Iceland most, there are lots of brilliant paths. "

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" Football is a fertility festival. Eleven sperm trying to get into the egg. I feel sorry for the goalkeeper. "

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" There's no map to human behaviour. "

" There is such a big chunk of me that is David Attenborough. I think he is my biggest inspiration. "

" Solar power, wind power, the way forward is to collaborate with nature - it's the only way we are going to get to the other end of the 21st century. "

" Since I was a kid, I always wanted to figure out how to make a bass line that was a pendulum - like, gravity would control it, and then you could make it play different notes. "