I've got 50 different tunings in the guitar.

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

I used to be monastic, almost. Now I'm like a Tibetan that has discovered hamburgers and television. I'm catching up on Americana.

You've got to keep the child alive; you can't create without it.

I have an aversion to being mislabeled. Here's a label I'd accept: I'm an 'individual.' I'm someone who can't follow, and doesn't want to lead.

The thing that started me painting originally was seeing Bambi when I was about nine. I was incredibly disturbed by the forest fire that killed Bambi's mother, and that distress gave me the impulse to create something, as a way of dealing with it.

He's swept with the broom of contempt and the rooms have an empty ring.