I'm an outsider. I will always be an outsider.

I still can't spend a lot of money on records at collector prices. There's something in me that just won't allow me to do that. But I will trade my artwork, which I know is worth thousands of dollars.

Drawing is a way for me to articulate things inside myself that I can't otherwise grasp.

I'm an outsider. I will always be an outsider.

The French hold onto their traditions. I was always so alienated in America. My work was this constant reaction to that.

Violence begets violence, and then you get leaders who are violent men. And you don't want that.

You can't make everybody love you. It's an exercise in futility, and it's probably not even a good idea to try.