“And I think that even today, New York still has more of this unexpecte...” — Robert Rauschenberg Quote

And I think that even today, New York still has more of this unexpected quality around every corner than any place else. It's something quite extraordinary.

I think maybe chance works better in a situation like music because music exists over a period of time, and you don't maintain constantly the you can't refer back from one area to another area.

I'm sure we don't read old paintings the way they were intended.

If you're going to paint extremely, you need a big piece of canvas.

But I was in awe of the painters; I mean I was new in New York, and I thought the painting that was going on here was just unbelievable.

I've seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you turn the corner, the sun will be shining.

I just want to write songs in my little corner. And I still love music, I've not been worn down by cynicism.

I don't know what's going to happen. I'm flavor of the month at the moment, but somebody else is going to roll around the corner in three months' time. I just want to keep working. I can't stop!

I live in a working-class community that is struggling at the poverty line, where people who work full-time jobs still at my corner bodega use food stamps. Do you think they care what the stock market's doing today or what the GDP number is? No.