I'm fortunate I have this coterie of musicians around me to help take music to next level. Being surrounded by so much creative energy, so many creative people really feeds that creativity in me.
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