Luck is when preparation meets opportunity. I'll share the formula I learned while forging my way forward as a full-time painter for forty-four years. The steps all break down to one simple sentence: Make art that connects with enough folks for you to earn a splendid living.

I've always been making up my own restrictions for myself, from day one, and it's compelling, because it forces me to think. That's always been a driving force for me.

Life is simple unless we find a way to make it complicated.

We learn to beat fear by doing.

People have sort of a problem trying to see an end to a situation as being positive or romantic.

The day that music is taken for free by the majority is the day that the phrase "sell out" doesn't exist any more.

There's Catholic guilt about things, then there's the guilt of being the youngest of 10, so when nice things happen to you, you're not really allowed to enjoy them.