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" And frankly, when I made that record, hit songs were not what I was trying to achieve. "

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" I privilege the music over the lyrics. "

" For my second record I had gotten ProTools (program) and started to familiar myself with hard disc recording. "

" I think my Buddhist practice has a profound influence on my life and encompasses my creative projects. "

" I actually think sadness and darkness can be very beautiful and healing. "

" I actually am always a music first person. "

" So, once I've written a song, you know, I'm pretty happy with what the song is on its own terms. "

" I'd have these weird experiences where I'd just be walking down the street with this chord progression in my head, this happened more than a few times, and I'd walk home and find a fax in my machine and it would match the music in my head. "

" I'm fortunate I have this coterie of musicians around me to help take music to next level. Being surrounded by so much creative energy, so many creative people really feeds that creativity in me. "

" But I can't really say there is too much modern music that I'm blown away by at this moment. "

" But really important, perhaps most important is the craft; how you make your record, the creation of these sonic worlds you want your listener to hear. "

" Ultimately, if I'm really moved by something, it's going to go on the record and that's that. "

" Simon Hale, the British arranger, does all string and wood arrangements on my records. "

" I wouldn't say that I've had a tough life by any stretch of the imagination. "

" I'm a pretty big P.J. Harvey record fan and you can really hear New York in his record. "

" I mean, at the end of the day when I'm making a record, what I want to do is what I do. "

" The experiences of promoting my first album were really something; there is so much illusion in my environment (touring and pop music) that I wanted to clear away. "

" Lately I've been a workaholic. I'm in the studio all the time and I've helped to produce a couple of artists. "

" My second record was all about big ideas - I was trying to make big statements about the culture, about life. I think in a certain way, I was a 27 year old kid with a guitar. "

" 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. "

" My first two records were more energetic; Phantom Moon is subtle, quiet; so these various reactions are just something I expected. "

" It's inevitable your environment will influence what you do. "

" Happy music doesn't tend to move me much. "

" 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. "

" I think in a way I was probably completely naive about what it takes to make something become a hit. "

" I got a publishing deal with BMG, they were supportive, and some money to record demos. "

" If I were to do this over I'd play a lot more shows before I made a record. "

" I make the kind of music I like. "

" Because of my Buddhist practice, I'm never lacking for inspiration. "

" I started playing music at a pretty young age. "

" I also wanted to make a record that was about other things than romance, yeah, after two years on the road singing all the songs from the first album, I got kind of tired of that. "