A true measure of success is just to work hard and get my music out there and just be myself and be real.
Only after a piece of music is done does my frontal cortex allow me to organize what might be trying to come out of my subconscious.
You might be raised as a boy in a very conservative environment and then somehow, at some point, there was a side of me that felt really powerful and sensual in a way that was more feminine. For me, it's not about living my life as a boy or a girl - but I'm also not trans - it's just that one day you wake up feeling masculine, and one day you wake up feeling feminine. The flickering in between those two states is what's most fertile for me.
A lot of me figuring out how to love myself more involves finding the things that I'm ashamed of and looking them right in the eye.
Someone can only be vampiric if you allow it.
There is also a particular frustration that I have with language. It's so clumsy. And the reason I'm feeling that is more because on your breathing and your intonation than the actual words.
A lot of me figuring out how to love myself more involves finding the things that I'm ashamed of and looking them right in the eye. And something I always find beautiful about Jesse's work is that he finds beauty without any calculation. People say that his work is dark, but he never sees it as such. For him it's all almost about educating people to process why they feel disgust.
I firmly believe that when you have a foundation of respect, love of what you're doing, and a shared vision, so much is possible.
It's the angle that shows how we see differently. I have always believed that all documentaries are fictional. It's really the angle of the camera, the owner of the perception, that makes the story what it is. The video camera is a fiction.
It’s quite a discipline when we’re in trouble to think of God and say, “I need some help. ”
One of the first things you and your fiance need to develop is a meaningful prayer life even before the wedding. My wife, Shirley, and I did that, and the time we have spent on our knees has been the stabilizing factor throughout nearly forty years of marriage.