Being A Musician Is Very Easy. My

National Geographic Contacted Me About Getting On Their Label, And I Was Like, 'wow, I Want To Be Label Mates With The Sharks And Lemurs!'

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.

The Relationship Changes As You Learn More About People, And The Work Sort Of Takes On Its Own Life. I Enjoy This Very Much.

What's Happening Now In Iceland Is We Grew And Grew And Grew From Being One Of The Poorest Nations In The World To Being One Of The Richest. And Then Within The Past 10 Years Iceland Discovered The Stock Market And It Just Went, Went, Went, Went, Went. I Think It Hit A Roof And It's Just Crashed. Just A Small Percentage Of The Nation Did A Lot Of Damage.

I Mean, I've Never Been Thinking That If You're A Fan You Have To Buy Everything That Somebody Puts Out. I Mean, You've Got A Choice. If You Don't Want It, Just Don't Buy It. It's Also A Reaction To Youtube And Sharing Of Files. A Lot Of It Is Really Bad Sound, Really Low Quality. So The Librarian In Me Wants It At Least To Exist There So That In 20 Years When I'm Sitting In My Rocking Chair, It Will Still Exist In The Best Sound Quality Possible, Even Though It Only Sold 1000 Units Or Whatever. As Much As I Love The Whole Pirate Kind Of Thing, The Quality Suffers.