I don't think you lead by pessimism and cynicism. I think you lead by optimism and enthusiasm and energy.
I stopped painting in 1990 at the peak of my success just to deny people my beautiful paintings, and I did it out of spite.
My intentions have been, and are always, to just really get behind what my ideas are musically and to just ride this thing out, cause it feels good, and I think for the most part it's good music. Even when it's not, I'd like to still search for something that could be even like a little bit mind-blo

