Artwork Quotes

I just love the phrase `don`t tread on me,` and it usually has political connotations, but in this particular song, it`s not a political song, it`s more about feeling frustrated and feeling volatile and just needing some space, ... It`s a very personal song. But then titling the album Don`t Tread on Me and the artwork, there`s a few pretty scathing political comments made on there. We didn`t want to go all political, but I think in this day and age you kind of need to say what you think about things `cause it is such a crisis situation.

I have to speak for myself. As far as videos go--casting, the artwork, everything--I`m completely hands-on. You have to be if you want your points across.

It`s a tough thing to know that when you`re making your album, you`re going to end up collaborating with, say, Wal-Mart, on your artwork. That just sucks. And the pressure behind getting the numbers real fast is, to me, dizzying.

How can anybody learn anything from an artwork when the piece of art only reflects the vanity of the artist and not reality?

When we were putting the album together and finishing up the artwork, I didn`t know what was going to happen in the future, and I told everyone that. I told them, `Let`s commit to this year, and see what happens,` ... And that was one of the reasons why I put that quote in there, because I thought it`s a really nice way to say goodbye, if it is a goodbye.

ve released the original, high-resolution artwork under a license that allows anyone to take that art and use it in their own creations.

The mystical poetry of William Blake`s artwork also forms the basis for the album cover.

I sold my first painting on eBay for $4.75, ... On eBay, you don`t have to have a lot of money to own original artwork. There are bidders who will get onto the site and bid on every single painting I put up. And sometimes the result is the joy of the lower-end buyer, folks who are thrilled when no one outbids them. They tell me they can`t believe they`ve got a painting they wanted.

(The Haunting of Winchester reaches beyond the pure ghost story. Appropriate to a woman who lived in her artwork and never received a single guest (even Teddy Roosevelt was denied), the story explores a woman`s inward journey and her dealings with issues like personal responsibility.) As she becomes more aware of the rifle`s legacy, ... she becomes more self-aware, and so she begins to transform, to renovate herself really, not just her house.

The venue is just unbelievable. There are over 200 clubs in the Southwest region. That`s a huge undertaking, and they`ve done an amazing job organizing and displaying the artwork.

In an artwork you`re always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An ashtray has got life and death.

I guess if you take yourself seriously as an artist there starts either the problem or the beauty of doing good artwork.

She advised me that my main job would be plotting stories and editing them. I would not have to bother with the artwork, which was a relief.

We purchased this and other artwork during our cruise vacations over the years either from Princess Cruises or their parent company Carnival Corporation. I don`t even know anymore if any of the artwork they sold us is original or they are worth anything. As far as I`m concerned they might all be worthless fake pieces of colored paper. I won`t be surpised if these cruise ship art auctions with cheap glasses of champagne turn out to be a big multi million dollar scam.

We`re getting super radly awesome close to being done. We finally finished backing vocals and they came out totally 100% neat. I made plenty of super cool faces while I was singing, like this one where I had my eyes all clenched tight and then I hit this high note and looked up to the sky and slowly raised my fist like Whitney Houston in "I Will Always Love You". Another time, I ate all the cheese bagels and Adam was mad. In other news, we had a photo shoot today for the album artwork in this old abandoned building. Here`s what happened to me there: I stepped on a dead mouse, sat in a stinky pigeon nest, and set my glasses down in crack head puke.