Duncan Sheik Quotes

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

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.

The difficult thing about a pop record is that you’re given guidelines: it has to have 3 choruses, and then it must be between 3 minutes fifteen seconds and three minutes forty-five seconds.

So, once I’ve written a song, you know, I’m pretty happy with what the song is on its own terms.

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.

Simon Hale, the British arranger, does all string and wood arrangements on my records.