We're Not Living In A School-of-paris World,

A Number Of Artists Have Done Things With Mickey Mouse - Including Claes Oldenburg And Andy Warhol. He's Such An American Symbol, And Such An Anti-art Symbol.

I Think That Most People Think Painters Are Kind Of Ridiculous, You Know?

You Know, As You Compose Music, You're Just Off In Your Own World. You Have No Idea Where Reality Is, So To Have An Idea Of What People Think Is Pretty Hard.

But Usually I Begin Things Through A Drawing, So A Lot Of Things Are Worked Out In The Drawing. But Even Then, I Still Allow For And Want To Make Changes.

Yes, You Know Sometimes, We Started Out Thinking Out How Strange Our Painting Was Next To Normal Painting, Which Was Anything Expressionist. You Forget That This Has Been Thirty Five Years Now And People Don't Look At It As If It Were Some Kind Of Oddity.