The blues are like the fugue in 18th century. It's probably the music that belongs most to our time.

I remain a humanist. We are a very curious race.

The nearest figure to myself would be Shakespeare.

Shiva danced the world into existence... that's a very nice thought.

Poetry is fascinating. As soon as it begins the poetry has changed the thing into something extra, and somehow prose can go over into poetry.

My true function within a society which embraces all of us is to continue an age-old tradition. This tradition is to create images from the depths of the imagination and to give them form, whether visual, intellectual or musical.

I think we're all pretty odd.