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

Because of my Buddhist practice, I'm never lacking for inspiration

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

I started playing music at a pretty young age

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

Happy music doesn't tend to move me much

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.