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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. "

Duncan Sheik

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Things come to me pretty regularly. There is never a shortage or a backlog. "

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Things

" I try to make sure that the Buddhism is more or less implicit in the music rather than explicit. "

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" I privilege the music over the lyrics. "

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

" I make the kind of music I like. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

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