I think in a way I was probably completely naive about what it takes to make something become a hit

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

I mean, at the end of the day when I'm making a record, what I want to do is what I do

Happy music doesn't tend to move me much

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

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

I make the kind of music I like