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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

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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. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

#been #couple #helped #i #lately

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

#ago #chanting #creativity #general #had

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. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

#between #choruses #cult thing #difficult #difficult thing

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. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

#away #clear #environment #experiences #first

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

— Duncan Sheik

#me #never #pretty #regularly #shortage

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

— Duncan Sheik

#going #i #moved #really #record

Driving race cars was an avenue for me to learn how to build my own car, and that was my ambition all along. ↗

— Caroll Shelby

#ambition #avenue #build #car #cars