History has proven that it's impossible to crush the artist. There's always gonna be a need for somebody to write a poem or sing a song about something, about life - that makes it real. There's the word that goes beyond the word.

I'm inspired by playwrights, novelists, poets: The value of language has been a lifelong passion of mine. I enjoy it. I'm good at it.

They say that when a man faces his destiny, the destiny ends and he becomes the man that he really is.

Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate.

Make today's solid ground out of yesterday's quicksand.

I've always loved music and I love the language, which is a huge reason why I'm part of theater.

I'm trying to get low. People's personalities can get in the way of their own work.