I had a total revelation with the feminist moment, with Carolee Scheeman and Marina Abromovic and of course Joan Jonas; that was a big breakthrough with me. And through them, I was introduced to Chris Burden and Bruce Nauman and Vito Acconci. You can almost call it a gang, because the works are always talking together. That stuff had a huge impact on me, but other than that, my interest had always been old paintings.

I really love country music, just this idea of three chords and the truth.

The best trick I learned was when a priest came to me when I was an altar boy and said, "Always, when you make a mistake, pretend it's ritual." It's beautiful!

I often really like to play with documenting my performances cinematically. Cinematic documentation is much more interesting than the performance itself.

I think my favorite Rolling Stones song is "No Expectations." I always think and talk through songs.

What draws me to theater and religion are these rituals made to make you feel emotion. It's so banal in an interesting way. In visual art it's about making you feel emotional, but it's more subtle.

I'm so used to being in a theater where there is always a narrative, but I'm more about the still moment, the painter inside me.