Imagine spending seven years at MIT and research laboratories, only to find out that you're a performance artist.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I try to see interviewing as performance art, and just take it as it comes.
I've been making arts programmes for almost 50 years, and every day, I can't believe my luck.
With technology you can now be your own record company, director, producer, etc. If you have talent, you can display it on the Internet and the world will tell you their thoughts in the matter of seconds!
I make a good living and I've never looked at myself as being an artiste.
I've spent my life pursing excellence as an artist, which is what I always wanted to do anyhow.
You just have to know that the more successful you get as an artist, the less of a normal life you have. It's a trade-off.
I feel like everyone directs their own career according to their taste, what they migrate to emotionally and what kind of artists they want to work with. And I'm lucky enough to be in a position where I can wait six months for a project that really interests me.
Finding your place as an artist is the hardest thing. You come out of college with what feels like a Mickey Mouse degree that qualifies you for nothing in the real world.
You can work on music a few lifetimes.
I always knew I wanted to be a performance artist.