I've never been one that thinks that the function of an instrument is to approach the purity of voice or the structure of a beautifully sung line.
To me that's what art is about - when you don't really have any control over your desires to do it.
I think spirituality is a good thing but I dislike any sort of dogmatic organization.
Italy is definitely where I feel most at home, or alternatively, living in total wilderness, in the bush in Australia.
But, I'm a big Johnny Cash and a big Lou Reed fan and a Fellini fan.
I've always held to the belief, though, that people who do too much acting training always look like they're acting, you know?
It seems essential to try to find some meaning to life and I guess Jungian philosophy is the one that's helped me understand myself and the world more than anything else.
You'll never be a winner of souls unless you're first a weeper for souls.
If you wish to begin life at forty, you must settle two large personal questions first of all. You must find work and play that call for no more energy than you can afford to spend on them. Then you must train your mind, eye and hand to the point of working and playing with ease, grace and precision.
In spite of everything that was done to me and my race, in spite of the adversity and the bitter moments, again we rise.
Nothing else matters, except that I have fun, and I'm still having fun.