I have noticed that these days, people don't want to take their time to succeed.

The hands find a way to do what the heart wants to say

If you lack technique you lose the freedom to create.

I didn't study music. I literally lived it.

With the guitar I've suffered a great deal, but when I've had a good time, the suffering seemed worthwhile.

I believe that people have to be sensitized more about the many jobs an individual can branch out to after studying an art form.

You may be surprised to know that growing up, I wanted to be a writer of children's books.

What I love about African-African music is how unselfconscious it is in so many ways.

In general, even if I'm dealing with a historical subject, I begin with invention rather than investigation, because I need to understand what is going to be the voice or the tone of the story.

As a visual arts teacher, I have to keep my mind open. I have explores styles from pointillism to cubism.

I was constantly drawing and colouring. I had an immense love for art and anything which involved art fascinated me.

All words are masks and the lovelier they are, the more they are meant to conceal.

With slight misconceptions of reality we fabricate our hopes and beliefs, and we live off crusts that we call cakes, like poor children who make-believe they’re happy.

One mistake is all they see.

If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.

All human states are organic brain states - happiness, sadness, fear, lust, dreaming, doing math problems and writing novels - and our brains are not static.

Black has always been a staple for me, but that's not really a good favorite color. I've been really into browns lately.

The imagination never forgets; it is a re-membering. It is not foundationless, but most reasonable, and it alone uses all the knowledge of the intellect.

We do not look for compromise; rather, we seek to resolve the conflict to everyone's complete satisfaction.

What kind of recognition do I deserve? I don't deserve any recognition.