Some people get medals and awards and all that, and maybe not intentionally - maybe the world is making them do it - but they sort of just follow what they were doing. Repeat or follow what they were doing all their lives, in their style of music or whatever. In my case, I always try to start from scratch. It's very nerve-wracking actually, but it's interesting.

What a beautiful future it will be! Don't worry about life being boring. It will never be.

People don't remember each tree in a park but all of us benefit from the trees. And in a way, artists are like trees in a park.

I think if you give in and accept society's stereotypes, then you start thinking, 'I cannot dance till late at night because I'm 70.'

Use your blood to paint. Keep painting until you faint. Keep painting until you die.

Everything has complexity. Everything has simplicity. You just grab it.

Life keeps getting better. If anything, you start to carry a certain pride in having survived all those years.