Another time factor is output: proofing and printing. That is, getting your work out of the computer and onto paper and having it satisfy you. It can be time consuming and expensive.

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

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

I didn't know what I was gonna get the first time I sat down at a piano, but I loved it and it became my playmate for life.

I work closely with the printer to get the final print the way I want it.

Grab a guitar, put some kind of strings on it, a banjo string, then a violin string, then a guitar string, tune it any way you want, and make some noise, and see what you get. And work on it until you get something that you think is interesting. That's all there is to art for me.

All the lights on Broadway don't amount to an acre of green.