My anatomy was self-taught. I feel everybody has that ability. I drew instinctively. Mine was an instinctive style.
I used to be so afraid to say what I really think.
The truth is an artist like me who doesn't get the type of promotion that we see more commercial artists receive, and especially in this climate of the music business, you have to be creative about how you promote yourself.
Being scared is normal. My technique for erasing it is facing it. Be afraid and brave. Be nervous and courageous. The first few minutes of being scared is your test to see if you're really serious about reaching a goal. Push through anxiety and come out victorious. Fear is just a test. Honor the feeling. Know it's there. Know it's temporary. Face it to erase it.
I think everything that happens in life we're prepared for in ways we really don't really know.
I rarely do things based on what everybody else is doing; I never have.
Lately though I've been in love with myself and I've become my own best friend.
You have to compensate for the luck thing by working as hard as you can and doing the very best you can do.
When we talk about settling the world's problems, we're barking up the wrong tree. The world is perfect. It's a mess. It has always been a mess. We're not going to change it. Our job is to straighten out our own lives.
Disneyland would be a world of Americans, past and present, seen through the eyes of my imagination--a place of warmth and nostalgia, of illusion and color and delight.
From 16 years old, I wanted to have a baby, that's all I wanted.