The artist as citizen is here to stay.

We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities.

I think when I was younger, I wanted to be a star, until I became a star, and then it's a lot of work. It's work to be a star. I don't enjoy the stardom part. I only enjoy the creative process.

You have to live life in the moment and get the most out of it.

I'll see a celadon green room in an 18th century New Hampshire house and just fall in love. Colors stay in my head.

When I was a teenager in New York, I was buying antique clothes. I still am.

I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway.