My still-life painting has more to do with light and shadow than with the objects themselves.

I always choose strong, direct backlighting that creates patterns of intricate abstract shadows. These shadows become strong design elements that lie across and touch other objects in the set up.

Even though I'm a realist, I try to let the medium show and allow it a certain degree of freedom.

In your daily life, let your destined visions be farther than your gifted sight and your ultimate joy be vibrant than your demeaning worries. Think big, dream big.

A lack of patience in trifling matters might lead to the disruption of great project.

When I think about my career and how it all started, it really started with me getting to a point where I understood how to write songs that resonated with people.

I love my relationship with Coach Vermeil because it is one of the few genuine relationships that I have.

The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.

It feels like each time we are beginning at the beginning, in a really exciting way.

Whatever the white man has done, we have done, and often better.

Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn't work. You can be politically incorrect if you're smart.

When you say you're 40, you can't call yourself an ingenue any more.

Often a star was waiting for you to notice it. A wave rolled toward you out of the distant path, or as you walked under an open window, a violin yielded itself to your hearing. All this was mission.