I make the kind of music I like

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.

Courageous people know that old ways of doing things shouldn’t stand in the way of a better solution.

There is nothing higher-class than real craftsmanship, diversity, originality and the service of skilled human hands.

dont dwell on the past when the future smiles bright and the present is by your side

The only true time which a man can properly call his own is that which he has all to himself the rest though in some sense he may be said to live it is other people's time not his.

What you feel is what you get, regardless of what you think!

A sign to me is a one-liner, a symbol is very complex and my house is a series of symbols.

I don't vote. We're led to believe we're free through the exercise of ineffective freedoms.

Doubt is a lack of confidence or assurance that God will keep his promises. Faith is an active confidence that God's promises are always true.

The problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but they don't know my story.

Stop wondering if you're good enough. Know you are, and start acting like it.