Top 36 Quotes by Duncan Sheik

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.

It's inevitable your environment will influence what you do.

The experiences of promoting my first album were really something; there is so much illusion in my environment (touring and pop music) that I wanted to clear away.

Happy music doesn't tend to move me much.

If I were to do this over I'd play a lot more shows before I made a record.

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

I actually am always a music first person.

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

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.

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