Sitting in the lap of the model you intend to paint never seemed to me to be the ideal location.

What is real is beyond all reach.

Death is losing its terror. It is the emergency exit for a world that is becoming more frightening death ever was.

Until you have wasted time in a city, you cannot pretend to know it well.

It is the restraint of patience that yields the magnificent in life.

We forget our faults easily when they are known to ourselves alone.

Once ignorance is weaponized, violence seems to be a tragic inevitability.

I don't get into heavy political numbers because I don't find them lyrical.

Umpires are most vigorous when defending their miscalls.

Nobody wants to know what I'm doing 24 hours a day, they'd be painfully bored, trust me. At the same time, if I'm doing something interesting or funny, I like being able to share that with my fans.

Big breakthrough ideas often seem nuts the first time you see them.

You can never plan what a song will do. I wrote Mr Pitiful song on a piano I paid $200 for and I definitely got my money's worth.

I come to you defenses down with the trust of a child.

Studies find top 3 most stressful moments in people's lives: death, divorce, and properly pronouncing "Worcestershire sauce."