Best 25 quotes of Duncan Sheik on MyQuotes

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

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

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.

Emerson, Lake & Palmer or King Crimson or Gentle Giant - the worst prog rock references I can come up with. Though I totally loved those groups as a kid.

Happy music doesn't tend to move me much

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

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.

I certainly wouldn't say that my life is a disaster, but there have been moments where I've felt like that

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 did a song, "Court and Spark," for a Joni Mitchell tribute album that's yet to see the light of day. So she's someone I'd like to do something with, sure. I worked with the great guitar player Bill Frisell on Phantom Moon - that was fun. I'm such a fan; he's amazing.

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

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

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

I started playing music at a pretty young age

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

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

It's inevitable your environment will influence what you do

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

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

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

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

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.

When I was a teenager, I got into four track recorders, drum machines, and synthesizers, and I started producing instrumental music.