I'm from the beatnik generation, where everybody wanted to be a poet or writer or something. And at that time, I was a jazz critic, and I was always thinking, theorizing about what makes great art or what's important in art.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I set my sights upon becoming the kind of artist who would make a contribution to art history.
Seriously, I wanted to be an artist because I saw that it meant endless possibilities. I came from a badly managed family background, so art was a way of reinventing myself.
I wanted to become an artist because it meant endless possibilities. Art was a way of reinventing myself.
I guess I've always liked the idea of being an artist.
I was raised to be some kind of artist.
When I was in high school, I thought I might be an artist. I was very good at drawing and painting.
To be a great artist, you need to know yourself as best as you possibly can. I live my life and delve into my own psyche. It's more about exploring how I feel rather than making pale imitations of something that came before. We are unique beings, and the way we look at things is our own.
Something in me was instinctively drawn to the life of a misunderstood, brilliant and wilful artist. I wanted to become one.
I come from a family of business people, but I had the idea I wanted to become an artist.
I always felt of myself as a composer, performer, improviser. I've never called myself a jazz man. I make art.