To be a true artist you have to play the way you feel – not the way others think you should feel.

I may not be better than other people, but at least I’m different.

For me art and chess are closely related, both are forms in which the self finds beauty and expression.

For us chess players the language of artist is something natural.

Being an artist means ceasing to take seriously that very serious person we are when we are not an artist.

You just have to do your own thing, no matter what anyone says. It’s your life.

I have thought about the next steps, and you know, they still don’t know that I can dance. They don’t know it, and it’s frustrating me because I feel that it’s an edge that I have, and I’m not talking about I took this hip hop class, I’m talking about this is how people actually know me.

There is nothing difficult about my work, and people get to hear it from me.

All my songs are where I am.