Duncan Sheik quotes

I actually think sadness and darkness can be very beautiful and healing. (Duncan Sheik)
But I can't really say there is too much modern music that I'm blown away by at this moment. View quote
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My first two records were more energetic; Phantom Moon is subtle, quiet; so these various reactions are just something I expected. View quote
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So, once I've written a song, you know, I'm pretty happy with what the song is on its own terms. View quote
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I privilege the music over the lyrics. View quote
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I certainly wouldn't say that my life is a disaster, but there have been moments where I've felt like that. View quote
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Happy music doesn't tend to move me much. View quote
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Simon Hale, the British arranger, does all string and wood arrangements on my records. View quote
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Lately I've been a workaholic. I'm in the studio all the time and I've helped to produce a couple of artists. View quote
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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. View quote
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A real foolproof way to do it is play your stuff by hook or by crook and build up a grass roots following. (Duncan Sheik)
For my second record I had gotten ProTools (program) and started to familiar myself with hard disc recording. View quote
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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. View quote
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And frankly, when I made that record, hit songs were not what I was trying to achieve. View quote
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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. View quote
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I'm a pretty big P.J. Harvey record fan and you can really hear New York in his record. View quote
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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. View quote
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It's inevitable your environment will influence what you do. View quote
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I started playing music at a pretty young age. View quote
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I try to make sure that the Buddhism is more or less implicit in the music rather than explicit. View quote
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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. (Duncan Sheik)
I wouldn't say that I've had a tough life by any stretch of the imagination. View quote
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I feel fortunate about being able to make the music I want to make and getting away with it. View quote
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I think my Buddhist practice has a profound influence on my life and encompasses my creative projects. View quote
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I actually am always a music first person. View quote
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