The reflection of the world is blues that's where that part of the music is at. Then you got this other kind of music that's tryin' to come around.

If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.

I don't live in the past at all I'm always wanting to do something new. I make a point of constantly trying to forget and get things out of my mind.

I don't think Hollywood was trying to do anything with me. In fact they lost interest pretty quick. I think I got lucky briefly in the '90s and it just so happened that those movies were the opportunities that came my way. Then it just kind of stopped.

Trying to constantly get yourself into movies is extremely stressful and sometimes just impossible.

I don't see that many movies lately that are actually about something that are trying to challenge something about the way that people interact.

The reason I keep making movies is I hate the last thing I did. I'm trying to rectify my wrongs.

There are a lot of things that come to bear on movies now that I don't think are good for movies. They're trying to appeal to the biggest demographic and when they do that you sometimes flatten out.

I'm trying to figure myself out through my movies. Whether it's big stuff like what we're doing here or little stuff like 'Why aren't I happier?' With every film I feel like I'm apologising for something. I feel I'm most successful when I'm looking for something that embarrasses me about my character that I'd like to expose.

I just knew that was what I wanted to do. I was going to perform as a singer I was going to perform as a dancer and I was you know going to do movies and be an actress. I was going to do it or die trying. That's what my life was.