Generally paintings are about technique, but I don't see myself as a painter. I am more of a storyteller and an image - maker.

There is a difference between being a bad child and being a wild child. Anybody can be wild, but to be bad you need some kind of knowledge.

For a long time I found myself calling so many things "genius." Sometimes you mean it literally and sometimes it's the opposite, but either way it is so heavy and has so much meaning.

I like good strong words that mean something…

Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining.

Your future takes precedence over your past. Focus on your future, rather than on the past.

Don't feel sorry for yourself if you have chosen the wrong road, turn around.

Certain songs just feel a way that's hard to put into words and it's not happy and it's also not really sad but I couldn't say what it is

Misinterpretation leads me to inspiration and creativity because I think my brain is trying to figure out some information that I'm confused about.

All loss, all pain, is particular; the universe remains to the heart unhurt.

The only piece of advice I would give to the aspiring players is that no amount of practice is enough. You need to keep at it, no matter how successful you are.

Beware how you contradict prejudices, even knowing them to be such, for the generality of people are much more tenacious of their prejudices than of anything belonging to them.

Do we give thanks to God 'for his unspeakable gift' and His rich blessings so abundantly bestowed upon us?