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

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..

You want to figure out how you want to play the guitar; what your niche would be. Well you just start digging deeper. When you're digging deeper in r….

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….

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

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….

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….

If what you are doing is working, DON'T change just to be different. Just get better..

I have three dads: my biological father, God and Bob Dylan..

I came up from growing up with a lot of Catholic guilt, a lot of punk rock, hipster guilt in the later years where I think people have thrown a lot o….

Amy Winehouse: Did she invent white soul? Wearing a beehive? No. But she did something brand new and fresh, altogether as a package, and you see who'….

You will face boredom and frustration your entire career as artists. You will be very frustrated seeking a voice/style that collectors can connect wi….

Saying you love something out loud with the wrong intonation in your face can damn you and destroy what you're working on..

Art is only worth what people will pay for it. Artists do not get paid by the hour..

I think I've been a good boy long enough and given everyone around me a fair piece of the pie as far as all of the fleeting glory and reward that com….

Promotion and perception are synonymous twins of art marketing..

It seemed like there was no control over it. I think certain things just popped. God was blessing us in telling us that certain things were going the….

I gave myself over to music and art a long time ago, so I don't get to relax and I don't get to sit still. The best I can do is constantly create my ….

I don't like making my job easier. How are you accomplishing anything if there's no struggle? If I have to create a struggle that doesn't exist, I'll….

A lot of people in the media, and some everyday people, really aren't in search of the truth. They're in search of something worse than that. Money, ….

I have so much music inside me I'm just trying to stay afloat..