Duncan Sheik

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

— Duncan Sheik

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

— Duncan Sheik

#fan #harvey #hear #his #i

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. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

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

— Duncan Sheik

#i #lot #made #more #over

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

— Duncan Sheik

#inevitable #influence #will #you #your

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

— Duncan Sheik

#been #couple #helped #i #lately

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

— Duncan Sheik

#expected #first #i #just #moon

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

#big #big ideas #certain #certain way #culture

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

— Duncan Sheik

#arranger #british #does #hale #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. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

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