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

I think my Buddhist practice has a profound influence on my life and encompasses my creative projects

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

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.

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

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

And frankly, when I made that record, hit songs were not what I was trying to achieve.