New generations are intoxicated with the idea that they can make their presence known on the Internet. When I was young, there wasn't anything comparable. Very few got their picture in a magazine, fewer made records. We have to stand back and let them get their footing. Hopefully they'll come to the realization that the most important thing is their work and how they conduct themselves.

Much has been said about Robert, and more will be added. Young men will adopt his gait. Young girls will wear white dresses and mourn his curls. He will be condemned and adored. His excesses damned or romanticized. In the end, truth will be found in his work, the corporeal body of the artist. It will not fall away. Man cannot judge it. For art sings of God, and ultimately belongs to him.

I don't know why, the very first word on my very first record is 'Jesus.' I still invoke him as an entity to reckon with.

Lets just say that I think any person who aspires, presumes, or feels the calling to be an artist has a built-in sense of duty.

What will happen to us?" I asked. "There will always be us," he answered.

I never thought of being a performer, never thought of being a singer, never thought of being a photographer. It's just the trajectory of my work. I go to the medium that serves the vision.

My father was a dreamy fellow - he read Plato and Socrates and watched Phillies games.