Somehow I started introducing writing into my drawings, and after a time, the language took over and I started getting very involved with the handwriting and then the look of the handwriting.

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Mohammed personally mapped out seven heavens. If he got to seven, you know there's more.

Mohammed personally mapped out seven heavens. If he got to seven, you know there's more.

I think I'm constantly in a state of adjustment.

I think I'm constantly in a state of adjustment.

Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine.

Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine.

I have a daughter who's 11 years old. Maybe she'll grow up independent and really...

I have a daughter who's 11 years old. Maybe she'll grow up independent and really...

Besides me wanting to be an artist, I wanted to be a movie star.

Besides me wanting to be an artist, I wanted to be a movie star.

When I was younger, I felt it was my duty to wake people up. I...

When I was younger, I felt it was my duty to wake people up. I...

As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag.

As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag.

In fact, I thought my calling was to be a painter.

In fact, I thought my calling was to be a painter.

Horses pretty much broke as a record in England.

Horses pretty much broke as a record in England.

Then I read Little Women, and of course, like a lot of really young girls,...

Then I read Little Women, and of course, like a lot of really young girls,...

Christianity made us think there's one heaven.

Christianity made us think there's one heaven.

Artists are traditionally resistant to labels.

Artists are traditionally resistant to labels.

My mother answers all my fan mail.

My mother answers all my fan mail.

I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very...

I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very...

Maybe I'll be 48 and die in the gutter in Paris.

Maybe I'll be 48 and die in the gutter in Paris.

In the period where I had to live the life of a citizen - a...

In the period where I had to live the life of a citizen - a...

My sunglasses are like my guitar.

My sunglasses are like my guitar.

I never thought I was gonna live to 30.

I never thought I was gonna live to 30.

Rock n' roll is dream soup, what's your brand?

No, my work does not reflect my sexual preferences, it reflects the fact that I...

No, my work does not reflect my sexual preferences, it reflects the fact that I...