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

Emerson, Lake & Palmer or King Crimson or Gentle Giant - the worst prog rock references I can come up with. Though I totally loved those groups as a kid.

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 certainly wouldn't say that my life is a disaster, but there have been moments where I've felt like that

I started playing music at a pretty young age

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