Rebellion is obsolete - change things from the inside working out.

Personally Im very happy to be behind the scenes. I like collaboration, I like working with directors.

My major was Fine Arts and Education thinking I would become an Art Teacher. I couldn't visualize myself as an art teacher, thinking how it wouldn't work.

Choose your mutations carefully...

It's people who write music because they are obsessed that I like; because they have something to say and no other way to say it.

If you're in music just to become a big, fat rock star, then I probably don't like your music to begin with.

To me I think artists in general make a statement - and for the rest of their lives - every album, every book - are variations on a theme.

Technology has taken its toll on albums in a tough way. The CD format and MTV really played havoc on artists.

As far as the style, I was fascinated by surrealism.

I've worked with a lot of directors, some of them you wouldn't really attach the word 'artist' to their name.

If you get rid of a lot of the poseurs by destroying record companies, maybe it's a good trade-off.

I want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, court failure.

In an instant all will vanish and we'll be alone once more, in the midst of nothingness.

Cameras intrigued me.

Your retirement identity is of a successful person who creatively and efficiently manages your money and lifestyle to adapt to the ever changing economic and personal conditions of our time.

Baking happens with ingredients that last for months and come to life inside a warm oven. Baking is slow and leisurely.

You will never solve the American problems just by printing money.

I never saw a department store Santa as a kid. My mother was afraid to take me.

I think if you are going to base your whole life on what you do on the golf course, you are up for a lot of ups and downs.

The first time that I performed as an actor was the first day on the set of 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.'