All of us need to self-promote. We cannot sit back and wait for our gallery or rep to do it all..

My mother's the youngest of 10 children too, so we have sort of a special bond in that we know what that feels like. It's a strange spot to be in..

The Bottom Line: If people don't LOVE our work, we will not be able to sell what we make..

I think the media's the kind of thing where the truth doesn't win, because it's no fun. The truth's no fun..

I keep guitars that are, you know, the neck's a little bit bent and it's a little bit out of tune. I want to work and battle it and conquer it and ma….

I trust no one who hasn’t time for music..

I made a rule for myself in my early 20s not to become a record collector in the sense that I reference all my old records. I can't live like that. I….

When you put something out there into the world, there's all these words you don't want to hear, that you hope people don't say. I don't like anythin….

Nowadays, everybody assumes, when the wake up in the morning, if they have a question, it will get answered. Because they have the internet. No matte….

It's funny because when you do become successful, you're forced to look backwards and try to crawl back into the womb where you first started to crea….

Smart art galleries know it's not the words on paper but the emotion in the piece that makes clients pull out the credit card or check book. The gall….

Music is what I have to do, I only answer the questions so that I can do it..

There have been three times. Once I got in a car accident and shattered my finger. A few years ago I didn't feel like being alive. That's all I can s….

Onstage, I don't feel any glory from people clapping in the audience, but when they're pushing me to do something new that feels good..

As an artist, you take things from your environment, and there's going to be a style coming out of your environment..

It is not the style but the quality and emotional impact of work that makes it marketable. Unless we make art that connects with people, we won't sel….

I just think old old movies, they make you concentrate and pay attention so much more. They feel so warm. A lot of modern digital videotape, it's jus….

Collectors are paying for our education by purchasing our art..

I've always felt it's ridiculous to say, of any of the females in my life: You're my friend, you're my wife, you're my girlfriend, you're my co-worke….

It's harder to put yourself in a place where you could easily be seen as a fake. But that's more interesting to me..

I'm excited by the band [White Stripes]. It really excites me. But it wouldn't excite me if there weren't those limitations, if we weren't living in ….