“There's a point where you find yourself tiptoeing as an artist, and then you know that you're in the wrong place.”

“There's no retirement for an artist,its your way of living so theres no end to it.”

“The past is not a place I like to visit. This project is forcing me to go there, to tidy up my thoughts. I'm not normally a navel-gazer. I've always thought you find yourself in other people. I'm visiting here. I don't want to set up house.”

“At a certain point, I just felt, you know, God is not looking for alms, God is looking for action.”

“Where you live should not determine whether you live, or whether you die.”

“Stop asking God to bless what you're doing. Find out what God's doing. It's already blessed.”

“On the phone, it's about as intimate as it can get. The person's right in your ear. You got to be careful on the phone. You can leave yourself wide open”