I start a picture and I finish it. I don't think about art while I work. I try to think about life.

I like kids' work more than work by real artists any day.

I was a really lousy artist as a kid. Too abstract expressionist; or I'd draw a big ram's head, really messy. I'd never win painting contests. I remember losing to a guy who did a perfect Spiderman.

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.

Every single line means something.

The country makes me more paranoid, you know? I think the crazy people out there are little crazier.

If you wanna talk about influence, man, then you've got to realize that influence is not influence. It's simply someone's idea going through my new mind.