I don't like those songs where you have to listen to a story to get into them. I don't want to have to pay attention to music in that way, I just want it to hit me in the heart and do what music's supposed to do.

Jesus Christ was the biggest blight on the human race, he was. And all them socialists and communists - second rate Christianity.

Being a parent can make you a horrible person at times, because you're pushed to the limit constantly.

Most people wait for the muse to turn up. That's terribly unreliable. I have to sit down and pursue the muse by attempting to work.

It's very intuitive, the way that I approach my work. I only buy something that has a pulse. I may not know how I'm going to use it, but I know it has a pulse and it has multiple readings - if I shift it one way or another, it can be read this way or it can be read that way, but both readings are critical and very much ground the work.

We are still struggling with people who don't feel comfortable going into museums. As a visual artist I ask how artists can be part of enacting a change.

And she moves among the sparrows. And she floats upon the breeze. She moves among the flowers. She moves something deep inside of me