One of the things that I love about painting is that I never consider myself to have an audience.

We have to continue to grow within and outwardly. We have to keep going.

I very much enjoyed Leo Tolstoy's What is Art? I can't quote it, it's been a while, but at the end of the day, the idea is that "art that does good in the world is art, and what doesn't is not. It's propaganda or something else. It's bad."

A great show means we have to connect; we have to prove to [the audience] that we do something great or blow their socks off, but it has to be with them if it's going to be sustained for any length of time.

In the world of music, the audience is not just fans of music; they're fans of many things.

Whether it's about children or not, we have to move forward.

I have always considered myself an artist and painting was the first medium that I claimed.