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My desire to be an artist really came out of being broke and unemployed and incapable of holding a job down. That's what it was driven by for sure.

I didn't want to be an artist.

I had no idea that I could sustain a career as an artist. But, I loved music and wanted to be in the music business.

I didn't want to be that artist that is successful as a result of someone else. Not that that's wrong, but I felt like I had what it took. I really believed I could do it on my own, so I wanted to try, at least.

This image of wanting to be an artist - that I would in some way become an artist -was very strong. I knew for a long, long time that that's what I would be. But nothing I ever did seemed to bring me any nearer to the condition of being an artist. And I didn't know how to do it.

I make a good living and I've never looked at myself as being an artiste.

I didn't start to be an artist myself until I was 24.

To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.