Picasso said art is a lie that tells the truth. What if you just want to tell the truth and not lie about it?

I wanted to make an image for myself as an outlaw type. A kind of rock 'n' roll sensibility.

Idris Elba is a grand actor. He's very larger than life; he's bigger than life.

I like being at that place where you can either fall or stand. That's where I think you really have a shot at doing something truthful.

You can choose your family sometimes. You can choose people, it could be a teacher, it could be a professor, it could be someone you work with that actually genuinely cares about you and wants you to succeed.

Yeah, my real name is Coppola. I changed it because they'd think I was some nepotism-oriented kid.

Tattoos to me are the outward symbol of the inward change within my soul.