Art is something that opens up and enhances your emotions and that's what I like to think I'm doing.

I think the hardest thing to overcome is judging yourself and being your own worst critic so to speak.

I really do love pop. I understand songwriting, I understand the business, and I'm not stuck in any one particular time period.

You can't be afraid until you have no other option but to be afraid.

You can fool a person into going to see a movie with a good trailer.

What do great artists do when you see a world around you that's in turmoil? Some of the best artists make you feel good (hah), they look to the future.

The only person I have regrets about is Miles Davis. He and I had become good friends after we did a photo shoot and coincidentally we kept running into each other at parties and stuff. I regret not having written a hit for Miles Davis.