You Shouldn't Let Poets Lie

Compared To America Or Europe, God Isn't A Big Part Of Our Lives Here. I Don't Know Anyone Here Who Goes To Church When He's Had A Rough Divorce Or Is Going Through Depression. We Go Out Into Nature Instead.

I Would Like To Teach Music. It's Weird The Way They Teach Music In Schools Like Julliard These Days.

I Think After Iceland's Independence In 1944, We Were Not Very Sure Of Ourselves And Our Confidence Was Really Low. It Took One Generation To Sort Of Get Over That. I'm Second Generation. My Parents Were Born In 1945-46. Our Movement At The Punk Times Was Like, We Can Sing In Icelandic, We Are Strong.

When I Was 18, Science, Physics, And Math Were My Favorite. I Was A Bit Of A Nerd - The Only Girl With A Lot Of Boys At Chess Championships.

I've Written Arrangements For Choirs And Strings In The Past, But I Usually Write Music With My Voice Or A Keyboard And Then I'll Get Someone Who Is Good At Writing Scores To Write It Out. Or, If I Have The Luxury Of Time, I Will Go In A Room And Hear The People Perform And Then Change It Through What I Hear, Not On Paper. I Can Read Music Ok, But I Probably Rebelled A Little - Music Changes Into Something Else When You Read It.