Top 35 Duncan Sheik Quotes (2024 Update)

Duncan Sheik Quote: “It’s inevitable your environment will influence what you do.”

1. “It’s inevitable your environment will influence what you do.”

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Duncan Sheik Quote: “I actually think sadness and darkness can be very beautiful and healing.”

2. “I actually think sadness and darkness can be very beautiful and healing.”

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Duncan Sheik Quote: “I certainly wouldn’t say that my life is a disaster, but there have been moments where I’ve felt like that.”

3. “I certainly wouldn’t say that my life is a disaster, but there have been moments where I’ve felt like that.”

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Duncan Sheik Quote: “I did a song, “Court and Spark,” for a Joni Mitchell tribute album that’s yet to see the light of day. So she’s someone I’d like to do something with, sure. I worked with the great guitar player Bill Frisell on Phantom Moon – that was fun. I’m such a fan; he’s amazing.”

4. “I did a song, “Court and Spark,” for a Joni Mitchell tribute album that’s yet to see the light of day. So she’s someone I’d like to do something with, sure. I worked with the great guitar player Bill Frisell on Phantom Moon – that was fun. I’m such a fan; he’s amazing.”

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Duncan Sheik Quote: “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.”

5. “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.”

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Duncan Sheik Quote: “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.”

6. “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.”

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Duncan Sheik Quote: “I privilege the music over the lyrics.”

7. “I privilege the music over the lyrics.”

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Duncan Sheik Quote: “Happy music doesn’t tend to move me much.”

8. “Happy music doesn’t tend to move me much.”

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

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

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Duncan Sheik Quote: “I got a publishing deal with BMG, they were supportive, and some money to record demos.”

10. “I got a publishing deal with BMG, they were supportive, and some money to record demos.”

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Duncan Sheik Quote: “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.”

11. “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.”

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Duncan Sheik Quote: “And frankly, when I made that record, hit songs were not what I was trying to achieve.”

12. “And frankly, when I made that record, hit songs were not what I was trying to achieve.”

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Duncan Sheik Quote: “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.”

13. “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.”

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Duncan Sheik Quote: “Because of my Buddhist practice, I’m never lacking for inspiration.”

14. “Because of my Buddhist practice, I’m never lacking for inspiration.”

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Duncan Sheik Quote: “My first two records were more energetic; Phantom Moon is subtle, quiet; so these various reactions are just something I expected.”

15. “My first two records were more energetic; Phantom Moon is subtle, quiet; so these various reactions are just something I expected.”

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Duncan Sheik Quote: “I actually am always a music first person.”

16. “I actually am always a music first person.”

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Duncan Sheik Quote: “When I was a teenager, I got into four track recorders, drum machines, and synthesizers, and I started producing instrumental music.”

17. “When I was a teenager, I got into four track recorders, drum machines, and synthesizers, and I started producing instrumental music.”

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Duncan Sheik Quote: “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.”

18. “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.”

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Duncan Sheik Quote: “Ultimately, if I’m really moved by something, it’s going to go on the record and that’s that.”

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

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Duncan Sheik Quote: “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.”

20. “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.”

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Duncan Sheik Quote: “I feel fortunate about being able to make the music I want to make and getting away with it.”

21. “I feel fortunate about being able to make the music I want to make and getting away with it.”

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Duncan Sheik Quote: “I try to make sure that the Buddhism is more or less implicit in the music rather than explicit.”

22. “I try to make sure that the Buddhism is more or less implicit in the music rather than explicit.”

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Duncan Sheik Quote: “For my second record I had gotten ProTools and started to familiar myself with hard disc recording.”

23. “For my second record I had gotten ProTools and started to familiar myself with hard disc recording.”

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Duncan Sheik Quote: “Lately I’ve been a workaholic. I’m in the studio all the time and I’ve helped to produce a couple of artists.”

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

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

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

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Duncan Sheik Quote: “I think my Buddhist practice has a profound influence on my life and encompasses my creative projects.”

26. “I think my Buddhist practice has a profound influence on my life and encompasses my creative projects.”

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Duncan Sheik Quote: “I make the kind of music I like.”

27. “I make the kind of music I like.”

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Duncan Sheik Quote: “But I can’t really say there is too much modern music that I’m blown away by at this moment.”

28. “But I can’t really say there is too much modern music that I’m blown away by at this moment.”

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Duncan Sheik Quote: “I mean, at the end of the day when I’m making a record, what I want to do is what I do.”

29. “I mean, at the end of the day when I’m making a record, what I want to do is what I do.”

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Duncan Sheik Quote: “Simon Hale, the British arranger, does all string and wood arrangements on my records.”

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

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Duncan Sheik Quote: “I started playing music at a pretty young age.”

31. “I started playing music at a pretty young age.”

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Duncan Sheik Quote: “Things come to me pretty regularly. There is never a shortage or a backlog.”

32. “Things come to me pretty regularly. There is never a shortage or a backlog.”

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Duncan Sheik Quote: “I wouldn’t say that I’ve had a tough life by any stretch of the imagination.”

33. “I wouldn’t say that I’ve had a tough life by any stretch of the imagination.”

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Duncan Sheik Quote: “So, once I’ve written a song, you know, I’m pretty happy with what the song is on its own terms.”

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

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Duncan Sheik Quote: “If I were to do this over I’d play a lot more shows before I made a record.”

35. “If I were to do this over I’d play a lot more shows before I made a record.”

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