I take myself seriously and want my image to me more than just something aesthetically suited towards selling records.

Art came fluidly, so I was able to teach myself many of the things I thought were important by copying and mimicking my artistic idols.

It's important for me to have different tiers of value for the art. Some of the silk-screens are really affordable, but I do have some high-end silk-screens that are several color layers and a little more expensive, and then I have the paintings that can get way up there.

When I was really young, I gravitated towards the visual arts first. I feel that's what comes most naturally to me. I've always had an immediate proclivity towards making visual art and I was a really tactile kid.

Not everybody is going to love what you do, but you have to be yourself, that's what's most important. Bring it as hard as you can.

Give your stuff away and if it's good, people will come to you.

It's hard for me to say what would happen if I didn't go to art school. It wasn't that I learned any specific painting or drafting skills at school that I felt I couldn't have taught myself. However there is something quintessentially unique and important that you gain by immersing yourself in ascholastic and creative universe, and being held to certain academic standards while being surrounded by artists of varying disciplines.