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

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.

Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.

It is the nature of those books we call classics to wait patiently on the shelf for us to grow into them.

Dry bread at home is better then rost meate abroad.

None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license.

Fighter pilots rove in the area allotted to them in any way they like, and when they spot an enemy they attack and shoot them down.... Everything else is rubbish.

Feminism is ridiculous. Feminists are silly idealists who want to be on top. There is no real equality in sexual relationships - someone always wins.

Initiative is key. Anybody who wants to be somebody is going to work as hard as they can to fulfill that dream.

If you think you're free, there's no escape possible.

The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name.

Our beliefs are really rules for action.