We're all so mauled by information, but it's recycled information. We need to shut it out. So, you've got to get bizarre. This is an artist's purpose - to break away from the recycled. Performance art can do that.

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All good performance pieces have some philosophical validity. That's the difference between mere theater and...

All good performance pieces have some philosophical validity. That's the difference between mere theater and...

Performance art can be produced in a coffee house setting.

Performance art can be produced in a coffee house setting.

Performance art can involve the audience with taste, smell and sounds not available with electronic...

Performance art can involve the audience with taste, smell and sounds not available with electronic...

I've been in elementary education for years and my belief is that Christmas pageants in...

I've been in elementary education for years and my belief is that Christmas pageants in...

All good performance pieces have some philosophical validity. That's the difference between mere theater and...

All good performance pieces have some philosophical validity. That's the difference between mere theater and...

I was a gang leader. Although, it was a gang for defensive purposes. It was...

I was a gang leader. Although, it was a gang for defensive purposes. It was...

Performance art is the ultimate in creativity. Since it has so many possibilities at creativity,...

Performance art is the ultimate in creativity. Since it has so many possibilities at creativity,...

But my patriotism goes for something beyond what we have. We don't have something that...

But my patriotism goes for something beyond what we have. We don't have something that...

Basically the school system sets you up with what it wants to set you up...

Basically the school system sets you up with what it wants to set you up...

My 80-year-old mother will not buy her heart medicine because it cost more than she...

My 80-year-old mother will not buy her heart medicine because it cost more than she...

I'm still very aware of the violence in our culture, more so than other people....

I'm still very aware of the violence in our culture, more so than other people....

At one point, when I was 20 and living in Kentucky, I got shot -...

At one point, when I was 20 and living in Kentucky, I got shot -...

This is why my art is about violence. Because I was subjected to so much...

This is why my art is about violence. Because I was subjected to so much...

Freedom. It's not something you go out and die for.

Freedom. It's not something you go out and die for.

It is better to go down in infamy than to never go down at all.

It is better to go down in infamy than to never go down at all.

I believe that I understand gangs better than others. Because they're formed out of necessity....

I believe that I understand gangs better than others. Because they're formed out of necessity....

The act is truth. Nothing that was ever recorded is truth. Nothing that was ever...

The act is truth. Nothing that was ever recorded is truth. Nothing that was ever...

My parents were laborers so we lived on South Park, which was a low-income region...

My parents were laborers so we lived on South Park, which was a low-income region...

I love old books. They tell you stories about their use. You can see where...

I love old books. They tell you stories about their use. You can see where...

Maybe it will be a great thing when the Baby Boomers finally die out. In...

Maybe it will be a great thing when the Baby Boomers finally die out. In...