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I think that an artist is a bit like a computer. He receives information from the world around him and from his past and from his own experiences. And it all goes into the brain.

I don't mind the word 'dilettante.' A dilettante means someone who does what he loves.

Music is about textures as well as melody.

You're only dealing with whatever you know, which is a very small part of it and later on it'll look like it has something to do with the period. Obviously, the artists have something to do with one another. They tend to set up certain common qualities among themselves.

The artist needs to understand the truth that lies at the bottom of an enigma.

Why do we pigeonhole and label an artist? It is a sure way of missing the important, the contradictory, the things that make him or her unique.

I think artists are driven by the engine of their own talent, but it's a question of what use they put it to.

You know, for a long time I have been of the opinion that artists don't necessarily know what they're doing. You don't necessarily know what kind of universal concept you're tapping into.

Every artist picks what they want to put out there, what image they want to portray, and what they want people to know about where they're from.