I would hope they would be our fellow artists, rather than trying to emulate or idolize clowns like us.

Recognize this as a holy gift and celebrate this chance to be alive and breathing.

There were a lot of choices to make and I always picked artist. I never once picked doctor, lawyer, firemen or something like that. It was always artist.

I always knew that I wanted to be an artist.

If you take different mythologies from different cultures, the names may change and the story lines may vary but there is always something in common.

There are people who are like monkeys in a cage just hitting the coke button. They don't really get that for [musicians and artists] to do these things, they have to fund them. They have to have something to pay the rent.

For me, life is writing and I can do it anywhere. It doesn't matter where I am. I listen. I write. I live.