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

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

Someone like John Prine can write a song that tears into your soul, turn it over, and write a song that makes you laugh and feel light as a feather. With someone like him, you're getting a real picture of a person, a real expression.

In painting, the key is not taking myself seriously to the point where it kills sincerity.

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."

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

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