Both art and the artist lack identity and define themselves only through their encounter with each other.
I must have been heavily schizophrenic all my life. The me who hears what the other me can't play is the dominant one.
When I reflect on how things have changed, I can't help but laugh.
I wanted to be able to play guitar. I wanted to be able to make music hurt.
The British feel of blues has been hard, rather than emotional. Far too much emphasis on 12 bar, too little attention to words, far too little originality.
Since the age of 12, all my musical thinking has been influenced by Afro-American music.
Once you became associated with a children's show, you're finished.
My audience is comprised of three categories. The first category contains the people who decide after the first five minutes that they've made a mistake and leave. The second category is the people who give the film a chance and leave annoyed after 40 minutes. The third category includes the people that watch the whole film and return to see it again. If I'm able to persuade 33% of the audience to stay, then I can say that I've succeeded.
You're always better off if you quit smoking; it's never too late.
I've never really taken myself seriously as an actor, It is surprising the amount of people who think I'm going to be really dumb. I think they think anyone who has done teen movies is just an idiot. I don't know, maybe I am. Some of the best actors, if you talk to them, they're not the smartest people in the world.
We ought to recognise the profound gulf between the work to which we are 'called' and the work we are forced into as a means of livelihood.