I'm very interested to see how this new painting will go - I know I want it big and stark, and as I said, I follow the muse, and that's when it always works perfectly for me.

And unless you have that sense of being creative, people think you're just working all the time.

Well, as an artist, I think that Elvis's generosity to me he always talked very highly about me, he always spoke very highly about my work and singing and my writing.

Lord, we don't need another mountain.

The happy story right now is the full page in Vanity Fair, which gives me a great deal of exposure.

No, I got my web site going and said I have the record out. People were just falling on the floor - they couldn't believe it - after all that time. You know, it wasn't a compilation, it was new songs.

Ignorance is kind of bliss.