When work becomes play, and play becomes your work, your life unfolds.
Some people say I was very brave, but I really just didn't know any better. All I had was my originality.
I sang a song in Hindi; nobody even knew what that was. Singing about Native American issues, nobody did that. I had no reason to want to copy anybody else. All I had was my originality.
I always had wished somebody else would sing my songs, but there wasn't anybody who knew them, so I sang them myself and eventually became a better singer and guitar player.
Digital art software has empowered both the painterly side of photographers, and the photographer side of painters.
I had a teacher's degree and a degree in Oriental Philosophy from the University of Massachusetts. I thought I was going to India to study but all of a sudden, I had a career in music. It really surprised me.
As a teenager I started painting and playing guitar. . . Music has been my playmate, my lover, and my crying towel. . . This song ("Until It's Time for You To Go") popped into my head while I was falling in love with someone I knew couldn't stay with me. The words are about honesty and freedom inside the heart.
It's rare that I'm working on a movie and that's the case. My goal is the same, ultimately at a certain point you give it to the director and their vision. You're there to support that vision.
I mean I like to be passionate and sincere but I also like to have fun and act like a dork. Geeks unite.
It's thought of as an eccentric thing for an actor to really try to maintain quality control through the whole career. Most people think, 'You just work. You just keep working. ' And in some ways I wish I could be a guy who's just a workhorse.
For example, many colleges in their writing programs teach some of my work.