In my little world, I'm very protected 'cause I'm treated like the idiot I am by my buddies. But, a little bit outside that world, people sometimes expect heavy things from me. For a little time, I tried to appease and not disappoint people but in the end you're just going to kill yourself and fail if you're trying to give more than you are.

Africa. There are a gazillion different languages people speak there, different bone structures, so vast and different.

Good art doesn't really have an expiration date on it. That's something to be happy about, if you're making art.

People want to be successful, and they want to be acknowledged for what they do. Sometimes they make really great art and aren't. Historically, the best artists weren't. But their work survived.

It only takes one profound experience to change somebody's life.

I get to swim in the ocean every single day, which is a very, very important thing to do to stay connected.

Now if I lived in my land, which I do, if I lived in Iceland, if I lived in Greensland I'd still have Chinese children, but out of my ears my little grey baby hears.