The biggest failures come round and spring ultimate surprises of survival.

The Bottom Line: If people don't LOVE our work, we will not be able to sell what we make.

The secret of a successful art career is to make more art that folks think they need than pieces they just want. When a piece of art emotionally connects with a person the work becomes a need. You are then on your way to becoming successful.

I've always loved the word blunderbuss. I've always thought that it was a beautiful word and that it could mean several different things.

Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: 'I'll do this for now, but I'm really a drummer.' That's what I'll put on my passport application.

I never wanted to play guitar when I was younger. I wanted to be a drummer because everybody plays guitar, and I didn't want to do what everybody else wanted to do.

It's a sound bite. It's very of this age, because that's what people want.