The Sweetest Thing I've Ever Known Was

When You're Young And Everything Dramatic Is Exciting, You Start To Believe That Hype That, In Order To Be An Artist, You Have To Suffer. I've Graduated From That School.

We Have These Images, These Icons Before Us That Are Not Reality.

In My Travels All Over The World, I Have Come To Realize That What Distinguishes One Child From Another Is Not Ability, But Access. Access To Education, Access To Opportunity, Access To Love.

My Whole Life At A Certain Point Was Studio, Hotel, Stage, Hotel, Stage, Studio, Stage, Hotel, Studio, Stage. I Was Expressing Everything From My Past, Everything That I Had Experienced Prior To That Studio Stage Time, And It Was Like You Have To Go Back To The Well, In Order To Give Someone Something To Drink. I Felt Like A Cistern, Dried Up And Like There Was Nothing More. And It Was So Beautiful.

In My Family, There Was Not An Abundance Of Wealth, But There Was An Abundance Of Love. So There Was Always Humor, And There Was Joy And There Was Comfort And There Was This Environment Just To Have A Good Time.