I Mean, I Think That

You Are An Explorer. You Understand That Every Time You Go Into The Studio, You Are After Something That Does Not Yet Exist.

Some People Study A Text Very Deeply. The People Are My Text. I Study Their Words And What Their Words Sound Like, Over And Over Again. When I Was A Kid, My Grandfather Said That "if You Say A Word Often Enough, It Becomes You." Thinking Of That Later In Life Gave Me This Idea That I Could Try To Become America By Learning The Words Of People From Many Aspects Of The Country. It Doesn't Matter How Educated They Are. By Living In The World And Living Their Experiences, They Bring Extraordinary Truths. I Try To Do Those Truths Justice.

I Love Studying How People Are. Not Just What They're Saying, But How They Are, What They're Doing.

We Spend So Much Time Bantering About The Words When The Real Open Conversations Might Very Well Be Our Actions. I Worry About Our Rhetoric.

Art Should Take What Is Complex And Render It Simply. It Takes A Lot Of Skill, Human Understanding, Stamina, Courage, Energy, And Heart To Do That.