In painting, the key is not taking myself seriously to the point where it kills sincerity.

Always remember there is nothing worth sharing, like the love that let us share our name.

Sometimes I'm extremely afraid of the unknown, but I'm so grateful to be on that journey.

In the world of music, the audience is not just fans of music; they're fans of many things.

I think everyone on the planet is a fan of a painting because everyone is a fan of visual stimulation, but I've had freedom in the world [of painting] because I've kept it to myself.

Whether it's about children or not, we have to move forward.

In the music world, when we're making work, we are obligated to no longer be completely free from what we are to someone else - sort of like an athlete, where you become a role model to someone.

We have to continue to grow within and outwardly. We have to keep going.

One of the things that I love about painting is that I never consider myself to have an audience.

I have always considered myself an artist and painting was the first medium that I claimed.

To me, humor is part of a conversation with an audience.

He doesn’t have to love your CD collection. He doesn’t have to love your shoes. But any good, mature guy better make an attempt to love your friends and family—especially when they’re great.

Your blessings far outnumber your bitterness.

If I want a man I'll go to a cheap bar, like any other sane woman. I, for one, haven't hit rock bottom.

It wasn't until I was 26 or 25 when I started sending work out to magazines.

When you get into a hotel room, you lock the door, and you know there is a secrecy, there is a luxury, there is fantasy. There is comfort. There is reassurance.

When mores are sufficient, laws are unnecessary. When mores are insufficient, laws are unenforceable.

I'm not above acting like a seal every once in a while and waiting for the next fish, I just don't want to do it all the time.

The desire to succeed has a lot less compulsion than the fear of failure.

I think there's something extraordinarily nice about seeing the dawn up before one goes to bed, [] there's something uncanny about it.

I want to be a good person, and a person that people enjoy working with, 'cause I certainly enjoy working with other people.