I had some money, I made the best paintings ever. I was completely reclusive, worked a lot, took a lot of drugs. I was awful to people.

I am not a black artist, I am an artist.

I start a picture and I finish it.

The more I paint the more I like everything.

Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. I'd think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix... I had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous.

I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot.

I have a painting where somebody's holding a chicken, and underneath the chicken is somebody's head.