My favorite Twombly is 'Apollo and the Artist,' with the big 'Apollo' written across it.

I am not a black artist, I am an artist.

I was a really lousy artist as a kid. Too abstract expressionist; or I'd draw a big ram's head, really messy. I'd never win painting contests. I remember losing to a guy who did a perfect Spiderman.

I have done only two portraits: one of the artist Francesco Clemente and another of Andy Warhol.

I played a guitar with a file, and a synthesizer.

I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot.