"Music television is all about the media-oriented version of what it is to be a rock star; it's not a..." — Patti Smith

I am still a very optimistic person. I continue to do work with joy.

What a model of an artist was for me was an artist who worked. Picasso was the ultimate model, because the work ethic he had.

If I'm taking a picture of Brancusi's grave, I know that there's something of him, of his mortal remains, beneath my feet, and there's something beautiful about that.

Mohammed personally mapped out seven heavens. If he got to seven, you know there's more.