An artist conscientiously moves in a direction which for some good reason he takes, putting one work in front of the other with the hope he'll arrive before death overtakes him.

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot.

Everything you do is music, and everywhere is the best seat.

The act of listening is in fact an act of composing.

The world is no longer a romantic place; some of its people still are however, and therein lies the promise. Don't let the world win.

It is not irritating to be where one is. It is only irritating to think one would like to be somewhere else.

If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all.

I have nothing to say, and I am saying it.

Good music can act as a guide to good living.

Look at everything. Don't close your eyes to the world around you. Look and become curious and interested in what there is to see.

The paper landed on the table, but the news was stapled to his chest. A tattoo.

these "sometimey" feelings are welcomed to stay... reminiscent of ying and yang: they need eachother to help me get through the good & bad days

Worry less about what other people think about you and more about what you think about them.

Vance has a genius in evoking the beauty of strangeness, the strangeness of beauty.

Realize that a drawing is not a copy. It is a construction in very different materials. A drawing is an invention.

I just saw metal as another tool for me to use.

You think defending this nation [americans] is expensive, try not defending it. That's a lot more expensive.

I'm not single, I'm just wait for my girlfriend to quit playing hide and seek.

Stop bullshitting yourself. You're not satisfied. You lowered your standards and are settling for a lot less.

I always want to go back and do stand-up; I like the freedom.