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"Every artist has to grow, and has to challenge themselves with a new form of expression."
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"I'm a big fan of '70s records where artists could draw on whatever influences they wanted."

"The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic."

"The story that I wanna tell is pretty much about the way I grew up. Being bi-racial, growing up in a big city and being an artist."

"You know, Simon he's an artist representative, but Randy and Paula actually were in the industry as artists so they had, you know, the information that they offered to us from their aspect."

"Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter."

"But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I am indeed a Jewish artist."
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"The only thing that really matters in the initial part of my career, the worst mistake I've ever made was try to do things to please the audience thinking how the audience is going to respond if I do this."


"I can't tell you if one day I'll be standing up there with an Oscar or directing, but I am going to be the best human being I possibly can."


"No, most of the decisions that I make with regard to taking roles, I just look for something that's challenging, something that I think I can accomplish, you know."


"Every one of us is an artist, and as an artist, you really can stroll into any venue that you want, as long as you take your time to learn the etiquette of that venue."


"The difference with Cleveland is that the racial tension was not a casual taste of it. It was outlandish."


"I like to watch mankind in its futile attempt to understand the unknown, when they don't even understand that which they know."


"As a child our dreams got scattered all about and all our future prospects got scattered to so many places, and we spend our lives trying to find the little pieces that make up our lives and make up the dreams that we had as a child that got blown away in the windstorm."


"Every little job becomes a dream, and you don't recall it anymore, and maybe you might have a deja vu moment, but it's like something you dreamed earlier."


"We call the Creator father, because we rely upon Him to protect us, guide us, feed us, keep us warm, to discipline us and all those things. I try to take my cue from the Creator, with regard to my children."
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