In life, sometimes everything falls into place, and sometimes everything just falls to pieces. The key is to begin creating with these fallen pieces. By improvising, you'll create something magical that might be the best thing you've ever accomplished

I think doing variations on a classical theme is a dangerous thing to do.

When you're in your 20s, there's maybe a little room for you to not be at the top of your artistic game, if you look good on a magazine cover. When you're not on the cover of the magazines anymore, then you realize that the work has to be great.

I find that in the 21st century, there's not a lot of compassion for what other people are going through or the walk that they have to walk.

People assume that all artists make for terrible business people, but I'm in complete charge of my own career.

I realized that what was most important to me was following my own path, and not the one laid down for me by others.

If you don't think, and you have no wit and you have so many hangups that you can't look beyond your cup of coffee then you're never going to understand what I'm really saying. Because you know what? You're going to shut down and close off before you hear me. If I'm threatening you, you're going to see it the way you need to see it so you can dismiss me.