To me, the job of the artist is to provide a useful and intelligent vocabulary for the world to be able to articulate feelings they experience everyday, and otherwise wouldn't have the means to express in a meaningful and useful way.

I never had any ambitions of being a movie star or anything like that, but you know, this is nice.

If it's just fame for the sake of being famous, no one even cares about you - and you don't even care about yourself because you're like, "This is so ridiculous."

To me, it's like happiness is about happiness, but happiness is a fight.

That's what I've been trying to strive for - to draw a clear picture, to open up a new dimension.

You have to be an extremist to believe that you're gonna be the president of the United States and your name is Barack Hussein Obama! And he's using extreme methods, but his application is very smooth. Michelle Obama is extreme, her presence is extreme. And it's an extreme good. Extreme is not negative.

I like to read the 'Financial Times' when I'm traveling. 'Economist.' 'Ad Busters.'