Land of snap decisions, land of short attention spans, nothing is savored long enough to really understand.

I sang in art school, just to get money to smoke.

They'll crucify you for staying the same, and they'll crucify you for change. I'd rather be crucified for changing.

Because I'm so busy and because I think of myself as a painter, I desperately guard the time that I have to paint. And sometimes I'm irresponsible to my career in order to paint. Because painting is obsessive. I forget to eat. I forget to sleep.

Bob [Dylan] is not authentic at all. He's a plagiarist, and his name and voice are fake. Everything about Bob is a deception. We are like night and day, he and I.

It's in my stars to invent; I was born on Madame Curie's birthday. I have this need for originals, for innovation. That's why I like Charlie Parker.

Daydreamin' drugs the pain of living.