Being born in New York City, tends to lead to big expectations, expectations that I only started to realize after I had left.

I'm the type of person that likes to dream big, and I've often found that every great journey begins with a dream.

In 1995, when I was backpacking through Europe solo, I would head to the train station, look up at the big board, and decide right there and then where I would go that day.

All the possessions in the world cannot fill an empty heart with love.

During my youth, I was fascinated by the colors of Van Goth's paintings

My favourite painting is often the one or the collection that I am currently working on. This is probably due to the fact that I don't yet know where it will take me.

Happy girls are the prettiest

Besides, immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control things.

The doctor asked what my diet was like and I had to sit down and realize it's not normal, and hadn't been normal for about 20 years.

You must believe that you can help bring about a better world.

Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.

I don't want the big flashing lights and red carpet, like, "Here comes another Bon Iver album!" I just want it to be my bedroom-y thing. But that'll take a while to figure out.

When I graduated from high school, I got accepted to York University, Fine Arts film program.

It is almost as presumptuous to think you can do nothing as to think you can do everything.

God is the source of all creativity. You can be creative only when you are EN RAPPORT with God.

Each time I play a song it seems more real.