I believe I am a better director than actor. I enjoy acting if the part is right. Directing comes very naturally to me. I enjoy it. I am very confide….

With the White Stripes we were trying to trick people into not realising we were playing the blues. We did not want to come off like white kids tryin….

I cannot judge what motivates people. We are all moved by one of four things or a combination of these four things: money, romance, recognition or su….

I don't feel very good about myself. People always leave me. Nobody can stand me for very long. I wish I could cut my tongue out, or take out the par….

The true professional makes art when he is not feeling good, if the studio is too cold or too warm or the walls are falling down. We are painters and….

It's hard to find other musicians that push you to go somewhere new all the time..

I think you can't really escape any kind of spiritual education as a child, whether it's New Age or Judaism or Buddhism or whatever it is. You can't ….

I love him (Muse) too much, and you can't hurt someone that you love that much . . . unless you're family..

This generation is so dead. You ask a kid, 'What are you doing this Saturday?' and they'll be playing video games or watching cable, instead of build….

Mastery is the rudder, Mystery is the sail and Magic the wind to move you in your chosen direction..

The price we sell things for is not important. What is important is we sell art that has to be replaced. You become good in art by doing art. The mor….

If you saw me working with construction crews or graphic designers, you'd see how much I'm really hoping for them to bring something to the table and….

It is the pursuit of happiness that brings us happiness, and not the happiness achieved..

Worry means tormenting yourself with disturbing thoughts or fretting about things we have zero control over. If you live in the north there is no nee….

Like it or not, people tend to buy paintings to match their drapes, couch or carpet. I know you want them to be so overwhelmed with your skills they ….

I'm one of those people that you have to keep your eye on or I'll wander off into the woods and forget to come back..

Passion, for me, is like a shark - it never stops moving..

The biggest failures come round and spring ultimate surprises of survival..

I didn't really even think of recording under my own name for a long time. I thought, 'I've got the rest of my life to do that.'.

I am a commercial artist because I paint to earn a living. We who earn money from what we produce are all commercial artists..

Relationships of any kind are powerful, and they always influence an artist. It's inescapable..