Nobody understood The Reoccurring Dream, but after September 11, when we were coerced to do a national duty and go out and shop, surely people could begin to see what I was getting at.

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

Edith Piaf knocked my socks off when I was 8, but I didn't know what she was singing about.

Applause, applause, life is our cause.

When the spirit of child's play enters into the creative process, it's a wonderful force and something to be nurtured.

You wake up one day and suddenly realize that your youth is behind you, even though you're still young at heart.

Whatever it was that I felt was the weak link in my previous project gave me inspiration for the next one.