Quotes By Duncan Sheik
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.
Duncan Sheik
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.
Duncan Sheik
I got a publishing deal with BMG, they were supportive, and some money to record demos.
Duncan Sheik
But I can't really say there is too much modern music that I'm blown away by at this moment.
Duncan Sheik
I think my Buddhist practice has a profound influence on my life and encompasses my creative projects.
Duncan Sheik
I'm a pretty big P.J. Harvey record fan and you can really hear New York in his record.
Duncan Sheik
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
I certainly wouldn't say that my life is a disaster, but there have been moments where I've felt like that.
Duncan Sheik
I think in a way I was probably completely naive about what it takes to make something become a hit.
Duncan Sheik
So, once I've written a song, you know, I'm pretty happy with what the song is on its own terms.
Duncan Sheik
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
For my second record I had gotten ProTools (program) and started to familiar myself with hard disc recording.
Duncan Sheik
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.
Duncan Sheik
Ultimately, if I'm really moved by something, it's going to go on the record and that's that.
Duncan Sheik
I try to make sure that the Buddhism is more or less implicit in the music rather than explicit.
Duncan Sheik
I feel fortunate about being able to make the music I want to make and getting away with it.
Duncan Sheik
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
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
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