Time to go inward, man, I hope I have the nerve, to take inventory of the causes that I serve.

Pain comes like the weather, but joy is a choice.

If you're dedicated, if it's something that lives and breathes in your heart, then you've simply got to go ahead and do it.

It evoked Picasso and Miles Davis for me — two great artists who totally indulged themselves in their work and who they were, but they certainly didn't give a damn what other people thought.

In life's rich beauty pageant we put children on a stage, said flash your soft white belly child, but just don't act your age.

You learn how to do good work by being honest with yourself.

I figure as an artist the best thing you can do is follow your heart - and if your heart is marketable, then you win.