Occupation: Musician Birth: June 18, 1942
Painting is a magical process that I like, where you conjure something out of nothing; you get a little idea that leads you through ... You can go in….
My thing is about following the accidental, more than trying to paint an accurate bowl of apples. I enjoy most following the paint. It leads me somew….
Look, people are allowed their own opinions and they don't always coincide with yours. As an artist you just have to keep plugging on..
It's like a lot of kids; when you tell them someone's died, they laugh..
When two great saints meet, it's a humbling experience..
I knew the words to 25 rock songs, so I got in the group. Long Tall Sally and Tutti-Frutti, that got me in. That was my audition..
Sometimes you write a song in a certain era and it's got a certain kind of significance..
It's a lifelong gift, something you can call on at any time..
I've got to admit it's getting better. It's a little better all the time..
Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm sixty-four?.
Lyricists play with words..
I think [Transcendental Meditation] is what people need. They don't need high minded talk, they need results..
I do have a spongelike ear or mentality or whatever you call it, but it's probably a bit subconscious..
I don't work at being ordinary..
If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian..
We don't eat anything that has to be killed for us..
Think globally, act locally..
Sadness isn't sadness. It's happiness in a black jacket. Tears are not tears. They're balls of laughter dipped in salt. Death is not death. It's life….
Take these broken wings and learn to fly..
And I loved Fats Waller. I love his instrumental abilities, his vocal abilities and his sense of humor..
In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make..