It's a tough pill to swallow, but if I was going to stand for something as an artist, and every time that had consequences I decided not to do it, that'd be pointless. I have to listen to people, and I always try to meet people with understanding.

An artist has gotta be careful never really to arrive at a place where he thinks he's at somewhere. You always have to realize that you're constantly in a state of becoming.

You don't necessarily have to write to be a poet. Some people work in gas stations and they're poets. I don't call myself a poet because I don't like the word. I'm a trapeze artist.

I don't call myself a poet, because I don't like the word. I'm a trapeze artist.

There comes a time as an artist, can't follow the crowd. You have to do YOU, and make the crowd follow you.

My work as an artist is completely separate from my work as a philanthropist.