I never have a problem with being black. I have a problem with the easy association of what that means to some people.

I always made stuff but never thought, I'm going to be an artist.

The most important imperative to be questioned is the one that tells you to go the the art supply store to be a painter.

Tobacco and religious organisations.

A Scorpio, it's just about peeling back the layers. And I'm always surprised at myself-there's a lot under there.

If power is abstraction, which many black men, black women, and people of color have very little voice in, well, then I want to sit at the table.

For me, the '80s were like the drawing by Botticelli of the nine rings of hell.

Everything is more interesting and complex in my mind.

Everyone finds the time to do the things the want to do.

I am always in a state of Eunoia.And I'm not in it just for the vowels.

My mom was a free spirit, and she brought me up to be a free spirit.

Neil Mars?! I could blame him for having killer looks but he could not be faulted for this. He couldn’t have chosen that name for himself. No wonder he tortures his Mom by calling her by her name.

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite American traditions. I quickly picked it up when I moved to the U.S. from Sweden.

Alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceutical drugs are legal, but they can hurt a lot of people.

What breaks my heart is suffering of any kind.

It is my opinion that the 21st century will be the century of play, and the heteroglossic activity of artists in the 20th century has been the forecast.

Long cold nights mark November's return, grey rains fall, wind walks in the bronze oak leaves.

I loved Judy Garland. I thought she was such a classic beauty. I thought she was so endearing and charming, and I loved her voice. She was such a dreamer, and I think I was, too - and I am.

If you fall down those stairs and break both of your legs, don't come running to me!

Civil libertarians have raised concerns that some of the Patriot Act's provisions infringe on Constitutional rights. Those concerns are not supported by the facts.

If children hear fine music from the day of their birth and learn to play it, they develop sensitivity, discipline and endurance. They get a beautiful heart.