I made a tape recording of a bridge collapsing and I wanted to play it suddenly and very loudly when people were walking over a big bridge in Belgrade. The council forbid it. Their imagination is tiny; mine is big. I want always to shake everything up.

If you see a Renaissance body, this is completely ugly in this time. Everybody has to be skinny. But the Renaissance body with incredible flow of the meat everywhere, it was beauty.

I think the role of artists in the past was very different. Artists had less responsibility in many ways.

Artists should never think of themselves as an idol. Fame is a side effect of one's work.

I always do big birthday things. In three years, I'm 70. I'm going to do something outrageous. In America, everyone's always hiding their age.

It's okay that we're not perfect. It's okay that we all have problems. It's okay to cry, to show emotions.

If we go for the easy way, then we never change.