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" I actually am always a music first person. "

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" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" A real foolproof way to do it is play your stuff by hook or by crook and build up a grass roots following. "

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

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

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

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

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

" I feel fortunate about being able to make the music I want to make and getting away with it. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" I privilege the music over the lyrics. "

" I make the kind of music I like. "

" 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. "

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

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