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

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

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

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

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….

I've always been making up my own restrictions for myself, from day one, and it's compelling, because it forces me to think. That's always been a dri….

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 have a suggestion for all of those award seekers and blue ribbon hunters. Spend your efforts on making art that connects with people. Awards impres….

I know that's blasphemous when you are from Detroit, but I was never a fan of Motown stuff. I don't care for the production much..

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 ….

People talk about wanting amenities - downtown is the amenity..

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….

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….

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

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….

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 would never be able to live in a huge city. I'd feel like one of 100,000 people doing the same thing..

Well you're in your little room and you're working on something good but if it's really good you're gonna need a bigger room and when you're in t….

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

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….