everything comes and goes; pleasure moves on too early and trouble leaves too slow

People were very protective of me. Overly so. I was in the industry for a long time before I had any idea of what drugs people were doing.

I'm a fine artist working in a commercial arena, so that's my cross to bear

Eventually, with success, I started to feel more and more isolated - like I didn't have a community of artists.

When I think of your kisses my mind see-saws.

Rachmaninoff made a musician out of me. His 'Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini' was the piece that sent me into raptures. It spoke to me. To me, it was a tender entreaty for the misunderstood.

The coming of the kids hasn't come out in my art yet.