What can government do? They can listen to their own people. But I'll tell you what citizens can do, when we elect one of these people - whether we think it's a good guy or a bozo - you got to stay on the case. You don't vote and go home and give them the keys to the car, he'll drive you right off a cliff. You have to help people to stay honest.

But in the old days, visual artists used to fall into two distinct categories: those of us who created images with cameras and those of us who applied stuff onto other stuff, with brushes or other tools.

Music has been my playmate, my lover, and my crying towel.

You have to sniff out joy. Keep your nose to the joy trail.

I had no reason to want to copy anybody else. What I wanted to give audiences for the few minutes that I thought my career would last was something unique.

That is, an artist who creates lots of work probably experiences prolific days and slower days.

Digital art software has empowered both the painterly side of photographers, and the photographer side of painters.