I wouldn't say that I've had a tough life by any stretch of the imagination.

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

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

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

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I'm a pretty big P.J. Harvey record fan and you can really hear New York in his record.

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

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

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

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