To be a great artist, you need to know yourself as best as you possibly can. I live my life and delve into my own psyche. It's more about exploring how I feel rather than making pale imitations of something that came before. We are unique beings, and the way we look at things is our own.

I want to communicate to the everyday person. I don't want to just roll around in my own avant-garde pool of coolness.

I was brought up by the English side of my family, who are very repressed and working class. Absolutely lovely, but very English.

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