 Because of my Buddhist practice, I'm never lacking for inspiration. |
| I make the kind of music I like. |
| So, once I've written a song, you know, I'm pretty happy with what the song is on its own terms. |
| I certainly wouldn't say that my life is a disaster, but there have been moments where I've felt like that. |
| I got a publishing deal with BMG, they were supportive, and some money to record demos. |
| I started playing music at a pretty young age. |
| A real foolproof way to do it is play your stuff by hook or by crook and build up a grass roots following. |
| Lately I've been a workaholic. I'm in the studio all the time and I've helped to produce a couple of artists. |
| Things come to me pretty regularly. There is never a shortage or a backlog. |
| I try to make sure that the Buddhism is more or less implicit in the music rather than explicit. |
| I think my Buddhist practice has a profound influence on my life and encompasses my creative projects. |
| My first two records were more energetic; Phantom Moon is subtle, quiet; so these various reactions are just something I expected. |
| Happy music doesn't tend to move me much. |
| Ultimately, if I'm really moved by something, it's going to go on the record and that's that. |
| I'm a pretty big P.J. Harvey record fan and you can really hear New York in his record. |
| I privilege the music over the lyrics. |
| But I can't really say there is too much modern music that I'm blown away by at this moment. |
| So I started chanting when I was nineteen, which was about twelve years ago, and it really had a huge impact on my outlook, happiness, and general creativity. |
| The difficult thing about a pop record is that you're given guidelines: it has to have 3 choruses, and then it must be between 3 minutes fifteen seconds and three minutes forty-five seconds. |
| I wouldn't say that I've had a tough life by any stretch of the imagination. |
