I'm a studio rat.
What's any artist, but the dregs of his work? the human shambles that follows it around. What's left of the man when the work's done but a shambles of apology.
the artist is not separate from the work and therefore cannot judge it.
What’s any artist, but the dregs of his work?
Rembrandt's first name was Beauregard, which is why he never used it.
The product of the artist has become less important than the fact of the artist. We wish to absorb this person. We wish to devour someone who has experienced the tragic. In our society this person is much more important than anything he might create.
When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself.
Every album, I make big records. I'm going to always make an anthem. That's what I do.
It ought to be illegal for an artist to marry. If the artist must marry let him find someone more interested in art, or his art, or the artist part of him, than in him. After which let them take tea together three times a week.
As an artist, what you do represents who you are. Coming from a genuine, honest place - that's what I'm trying to do.
