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

I actually think sadness and darkness can be very beautiful and healing.

Lately I've been a workaholic. I'm in the studio all the time and I've helped to produce a couple of artists

My second record was all about big ideas - I was trying to make big statements about the culture, about life. I think in a certain way, I was a 27 year old kid with a guitar

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

Things come to me pretty regularly. There is never a shortage or a backlog

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

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

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

But really important, perhaps most important is the craft; how you make your record, the creation of these sonic worlds you want your listener to hear.

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.

O Blackbird! sing me something well: While all the neighbors shoot thee round, I keep smooth plats of fruitful ground, Where thou may'st warble, eat and dwell.

It is equally easy, initially, for either a man or a woman to attain enlightenment, what we would call liberation or self-realization.

Strange customs do not thrive in foreign soil.

Since the new film has been out, I'm doing quite a lot but then in July I will start doing things at home. I have to fix the house up, see the grandchildren and such.

I think once you sign on to be a mother, that's the only shift they offer.

Our goal is not so much the imparting of knowledge as the unveiling and developing of spiritual energy.

Great leaders encourage leadership development. By openly developing themselves

My parents’ biggest thing was that they just wanted me to graduate high school and go to college. They couldn’t fathom me acting for the rest of my life.

The fool has one great advantage over a man of sense; he is always satisfied with himself.

One day you will hear the sound of time rustling as it slips through your fingers like sand. Remember me then. I wish you luck.