“Great artists are a little too gifted to be bound by boxes and labels, and in saying that, the label 'artist' is to be used lightly.”

“One does not have to be a philosopher to be a successful artist, but he does have to be an artist to be a successful philosopher. His nature is to view the world in an unpredictable albeit useful light.”

“Labeled fools to the world are geniuses to the cosmos.”

“The artist lives to have stories to tell and to learn to tell them well.”

“I would rather be an artist than a leader. Ironically, a leader has to follow the rules.”

“Oh I know it's cliché but yeah they say that great men make it in-To places few others who even do take the risk've ever been”

“Because there are hundreds of different ways to say one thing, I, being a writer, songwriter, and poet, speak childishly and incoherently. In speech there is so much to decide in so little time.”