I'm a pretty big P.J. Harvey record fan and you can really hear New York in his record

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

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

My first two records were more energetic; Phantom Moon is subtle, quiet; so these various reactions are just something I expected

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

Happy music doesn't tend to move me much

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