Music is what our feelings sound like.

I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith.

You don't have to be gay to be attracted to your friend.

Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning.

I have tender, romantic associations with upstate New York.

I've always believed that if you are precise in your thoughts, it's not the lines you say that are important - it's what exists between the lines. What I'm compelled by most is that transparency of thought, what is left unspoken.

What I wish to show when I paint is the way I see things with my eyes and in my heart.

Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.

What I wish I had, is that I wish I was a little more Greek, in that I wish I could lose my North American driven attitude and that I could be a little bit more poetic and laissez faire.

Enthusiasm is the best protection in any situation. Wholeheartedness is contagious. Give yourself, if you wish to get others.

To my surprise, my 70s are nicer than my 60s and my 60s than my 50s, and I wouldn't wish my teens and 20s on my enemies.

My every birthday wish was, 'I want to someday be on TV.'