I love my little overgrown yard. And my house is wonderful. It's everything that I need.

I feel about politics the same way I do about religion: I find the best I can from different things.

You can't make a mistake when you improvise.

Talking to god and coming back because that's what we have to do. That's your responsibility as a director, as an artist, as a performer. Your responsibility is back again to your people.

I am not really certain how original my contribution to music is as I am obviously an amateur.

Nothing is a hobby - each discipline is its own world with its own high standards. Of course, every artist has 'minor works' that they do, but I don't think I have any 'minor disciplines.'

Sometimes you're doing really well, then, after three or four years, everything inexplicably crashes like a house of cards and you have to rebuild it. It's not like you get to a point where you're all right for the rest of your life.