I know that the creator will go, but his work survives. That is why to escape death, I attempt to bind my soul to my work.

With my music, with what I do, I would like to bring a light into the world.

I love to create. I love to make magic. I love to create the unexpected.

Because parents have power over children. They feel they have to do what their parents say. But the love of money is the root of all evil. And this is a sweet child. And to see him turn like this, this isn't him. This is not him.

This extravagant dwelling, as domineering as it was distant, brought home to me the intimateconnection between tyranny and abstraction, and put me in mind of John Berger's observation that "abstraction's capacity to ignore what is real is undoubtedly where most evil begins."

I believe in the Bible and I try to follow the Bible. I know I'm an imperfect person … I'm not making myself an angel because I'm not an angel and I'm not a devil either. I try to be the best I can and I try to do what I think is right.

I can tell you there are rewards that go far beyond money and public acclaim and awards.