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When I was younger I thought I was an artist, and inspiration would just come to me.

I've always been inspired by artists who have shown musical and intellectual curiosity and the courage to take risks.

I think artists need the freedom to fail and I gave myself that freedom.

I've achieved what every artist wants, which is that some of their work will outlive them.

I believe that art has been a vehicle for me that's been about enlightenment and expanding my own parameters, to give me courage to exercise the freedom that I have in life.

One of the greatest things about being an artist is, as you get older, if you keep working hard in relationship to what you want the world to be and how you want it to become, there is a history of interesting growth that resonates with different moments in your life.

I think that's an important lesson for young people who want to be artists: You have to find someone who believes in you and who will help you find that time where you don't have to think about a job but just making work. If I didn't have those people in my life, I wouldn't be in the position I'm in.

I've been very lucky in the freedom that I've been given. Every artist needs two types of freedom: You need the freedom to - the freedom to come up with an idea or treatment - and then you need the other half of the freedom, and that's freedom from - somebody saying, 'This is great. This is how I want you to do it.'

I think young artists are always inspiring because they are coming at worlds from a different point of view.

Art gives me the freedom I don't have when I make music.