It Is An Artist's Duty To Be

We Are Not Actually In Charge Of Life, Yet We Behave As If We Are The Masters Of Our Own Destiny. The Realization Of This Fact Is Quite A Hard One. The Ridiculousness Of Our Pomposity And Presumption Can Only Result In Anger Or Humor.

When I Was Better Known Than Her, She Put My Name In That Tent. I Was Asked To Do Celebrity Big Brother, But Why Should I? We Live In An Age Where Fame Is Not Related To What You Do.

I Think That The Mythology Of Van Gogh's Life, And The Beauty Of His Paintings, Is Unstoppable.

I've Always Liked New York, As I Like Towns With An Edge And New York Has A European Feel, So When I Came To Play Music Here In The '80s It Was A Surprise To Me.

I Liked Drawing And Painting, Because The Only Failure Would Be To Listen To The Doubters Who Wanted Me To Stop Drawing And Painting Because 'you Aren't Going To Make A Living Doing That.' I Liked Looking In Art Books At The Work Of Painters.