Ultimately, if I'm really moved by something, it's going to go on the record and that's that

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.

Creative minds don't follow rules, they follow will.

Trust yourself, you will start to trust others.

What should you, O man, do, you who seek your own glory whenever you do anything good, while when you do something bad, you figure out ways to blame God.

But there are times when thinking is misplaced, like when taking photographs. You cannot think your way to making photographs; you can photograph your way to clearer thinking.

Some people even think I wear a wig. Do they think I went into a salon one day and said, Can you please screw this up really bad?

The heart of change is in the emotions.

Religion supports and perpetuates the social organization it reflects.

Hopefully, as a band, it will grow and develop for a good length of time.

A perfect human being: Man in search of his ideal of perfection. Nothing less.

Lectures often confuse our kids, but the example we set is crystal clear.