I have always thought of myself as a painter derailed by circumstance.

We're captive on the carousel of time, we can't return we can only look behind.

Keep a good heart. That's the most important thing in life. It's not how much money you make or what you can acquire. The art of it is to keep a good heart.

When the world becomes a massive mess with nobody at the helm, it's time for artists to make their mark.

Chase away the demons, and they will take the angels with them.

We are stardust, we are golden and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden.

Freedom to me is a luxury of being able to follow the path of the heart, to keep the magic in your life. Freedom is necessary for me in order to create, and if I cannot create I don’t feel alive.

Depression can be the sand that makes the pearl. Most of my best work came out of it.

Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels The dizzy dancing way you feel As every fairy tale comes real I've looked at love that way.

Ira Gershwin, shame on him. I mean, some of the writing.

All my battles were with male egos. I’m just looking for equality, not to dominate. But I want to be able to control my vision.

What wretched poverty of language! To compare stars to diamonds!

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

God help us for we knew the worst too young.

Move by faith and courage

There is other disturbing facts surround the hideous 911 attacks, which my family and I could see from the third floor bathroom window of our homes!

The coolest thing about the music industry is that it's super collaborative and based on relationships and mutual respect.

You don't run 26 miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secret recipe.

thinking beings have an urge to speak, speaking beings have an urge to think.

I like to produce movies and that's where I want to be.

You have to have a patience for exercise.