If you have twenty guys in the room and you just bring in one girl, you change the entire mood and everyone plays different.

Promotion and perception are synonymous twins of art marketing.

Technique plays a part - you have to know how to play.

Technology is a big destroyer of emotion and truth. Auto-tuning doesn’t do anything for creativity. Yeah, it makes it easier and you can get home sooner; but it doesn’t make you a more creative person. That’s the disease we have to fight in any creative field: ease of use.

It's hard to find other musicians that push you to go somewhere new all the time.

I think the most important thing is to start with something that fits perfectly. Don't worry about having it in five colors.

Smart art galleries know it's not the words on paper but the emotion in the piece that makes clients pull out the credit card or check book. The gallery's number one concern is will this stuff sell? What your bio, artist's statement or resume articulates will be of no help if you don't make art that connects with buyers.