When It Comes To Art, Money Is

I Never Had A Checkbook. It Used To Be Cash In Hand, Stuff In The Pocket, Or A Manager Would Keep Some Accounts And Give Me Money. I Started To Wonder What It Must Feel Like To Actually Make A Profit, Pay Taxes, And To Have A Phone Listing, And A Manager. And Also, I Was Sick Of Sleeping Around Every Night.

Well, The Stuff That Has Become More Commercial Doesn't Have Any Edge.

I Don't Think I'm Lucky; I Think I Have A Tough Constitution. That's A Lot Of It. And I've Been Wise Enough To Listen To Other People. I Was Unconsciously Cultivating As Many Straight Friends As I Could.

At University, I Had Been Obsessed With Reading About The Lives Of Rimbaud And Baudelaire, And I Was Steeped In The Crazy Poets, And I Came To View My Early Subjects Through That Prism.

I'm Not The Kind Of Person That Likes To Be Dependent.