The older I get, the more I see that there really aren't huge zeniths of happiness or a huge abyss of darkness as much as there used to be. I tend to walk a middle ground

I'm glad I made a piece of art that can be interpreted so widely. Art is always interpreted subjectively

And she is your holy Mary. And I am so ordinary.

I like women who can throw a ball and laugh loud and have some spine, and I like men who don't mind cooking dinner.

The older I get, the more I see that there really aren't huge zeniths of happiness or a huge abyss of darkness as much as there used to be. I tend to walk a middle ground

I'd love to act. I feel that it's another naked, mysterious challenge, like jazz. It kind of intrigues me in the same way.

For me music is a vehicle to bring our pain to the surface, getting it back to that humble and tender spot where, with luck, it can lose its anger and become compassion again.