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

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.

Happy music doesn't tend to move me much

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

But I can't really say there is too much modern music that I'm blown away by at this moment

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

I got a publishing deal with BMG, they were supportive, and some money to record demos