A real foolproof way to do it is play your stuff by hook or by crook and build up a grass roots following.
Duncan Sheik

I make the kind of music I like.
Duncan Sheik

I actually am always a music first person.
Duncan Sheik

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

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

I'd have these weird experiences where I'd just be walking down the street with this chord progression in my head, this happened more than a few times, and I'd walk home and find a fax in my machine and it would match the music in my head.
Duncan Sheik

I also wanted to make a record that was about other things than romance, yeah, after two years on the road singing all the songs from the first album, I got kind of tired of that.
Duncan Sheik