Quotes About Reflection

Look at pictures of me growing up. It wasn't always the way it is now. It was a bumpy road for me.

When you look at my pictures, you are seeing my life.

Pictures help you to form the mental mold.

In the beginning, I was very insecure. I hated how I looked in pictures.

I think a few pictures at a time.

I didn't like the way I looked in pictures - when I saw myself on a digital camera, I was like, 'Eesh.'

30 years and 55 pictures - not more than five that were any good, or any good for me.

I think there are a lot of pictures to make. I sometimes question whether I'm even an artist or just a painter. To me, the making of the pictures is the most important thing.

I look at my pictures, and I think, 'Well, how did I do that?'

I am happy for people to talk about my pictures, but I wish devoutly that I was not expected to talk about them myself.

I'm so lucky because I get to have all of these memories. I can have all of those pictures and different sorts of films and stuff. Some people have only one photo, and I'm really glad that I have all of that.

I have a fat head - I get freaked-out looking at pictures of me.

Partying and having all of those pictures taken distracts from the work that I do. It's not why I started acting. I didn't get into acting to be written about. It kind of just happened - so I accept that it's my life.

The reason I call my book 'Irreverent' is because there were a lot of pictures that were very irreverent. Maybe I could call my book 'Forgiving' because maybe I made a lot of errors, too.

When people ask what 'American Pie' is about, they're missing the point. The song isn't about the lines themselves - it's about what is between the lines. The song is about what isn't there.

In a sense, 'American Pie' was a very despairing song but it can also be seen as very hopeful.

I was around in 1970, and now I am around in 2015 ... there is no poetry and very little romance in anything anymore, so it is really like the last phase of 'American Pie.'

Everyone in my life who is important, they feed me humble pie.

It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of 'culture.'

It is a great piece of folly to attempt to make anything out of my early life.

With every interview you feel like you lose a piece of yourself, and with every bad review you become just that little bit more bitter. It is horrible in a way.

My life - it's a piece of work. And my work is a piece of life.

Is that what I've become, a piece of meat?

If I made a mistake on a piece of content, I'm going to learn from it.