My real experience with video games was watching other people play. That's why a lot of my work isn't really about playing. It's about watching video games.

I can charm my way out of a situation when I screw up.

I never was much of a game player, but I loved to be on the computer.

I would love to say there was some contemporary artist who's work really got me thinking, but lately I have just been trying to sort out 20 years of garbage TV culture that is filling my brain.

I like the type of culture that the Internet allows to happen. And, of course, for some bizarre reason, that is cats!

I think about my art works as paintings, because they refer to the history of painting. I also have to think about them as sculptures, because every part of the process is part of the project. They're sculptures because they play on the idea of what should be hanging in a gallery. In that sense they're also kind of ready-mades.

I started playing heavy-metal guitar because that's what I liked. And then I got into classical guitar because it was so technically complicated.