It's sad that some people still believe that artists die poor. This is not the case in this day and age.

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.

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

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

Most artists don't get paid for what they do, and they are lucky if they can persuade a friend to let them show something at a kid's birthday party.

The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory.

Since the early '80s, I've found myself in war zones in various parts of the world.

I want to do different projects and be versatile. I don't want to get fixed into narrative comedy.

Our fans would never waste good beer by pouring it on us.

Be present in your work because kids live in the moment, so as soon as you're not in the present, you're not being authentic.

The modern essay has regained a good deal of its literary status in our time, much to the credit of Joseph Epstein.

The goal of science is to understand the fundamental reality and the goal of technology is to change that reality.

Defend our liberties and fashion into one united people the multitudes brought hither out of many kindred and tongues.

Why is it that there's more indignation over a photo of a prisoner with underwear on his head than over the video of a young American with no head at all?