I so much appreciate it when anybody tries to make something and tries to be an artist - I'm happy to see the work.

I realized why movie scores are mostly strings, because it really frees your eyes to look around.

I don't care about being famous or having a lot of people go, "She's really good."

Gut level is a good level to deal with life, and for me, I have to say that Buddhism makes sense for me because it's how I'm an artist.

And there was a beutiful view But nobody could see Cause everybody on the island Was saying Look at me! Look at me.

I think illusion is one of the most interesting things that I've found to think about. Just look at yesterday, and what you were doing, and how important it was, and how nonexistent it is now! How dreamlike it is! Same thing with tomorrow. So where are we living?

When I was four, I was a kind of sky worshipper. I would look at the sky, and I wanted to evaporate into the sky - I loved the sky. I loved looking at the trees, just because they touched the sky.