We have to base architecture on the environment.
Our settlement of land is without regard to the best use of land.
The best advice I've received is to be yourself. The best artists do that.
That was the trouble with formulating a system: what could you do but repeat it?
Frank Zappa... was Beethoven for insane rock guys.
I believe in prayer. I believe in gratitude and serving people.
I had a dual role: designer and advocate.
I just have a lot off different influences.
The thing of playin' and singin' never bothered me.
Buildings are forms of performances.
The life of a designer is a life of fight: fight against the ugliness.
Poets are born, not paid.
If architects weren't arrogant, they wouldn't be architects. I don't know a modest good architect.
I love both my parents dearly.
If you don't make mistakes, you aren't really trying.
I put projects together. I put people together.
It's dangerous to get too far from what they identify you with.
Music is like an open sky. You know it's out there... and there you are.
I really, really enjoy music and that's why I do what I do.
I'm awful at karaoke, but if I did have to sing, I'd go for my favourite Frank Sinatra song 'I've Got You Under My Skin.' The fact I love Frank is my grandfather's doing: he drummed it into me from a very early age that Frank Sinatra is God.
Ben: To your health. Frank Booth: Ah, shit, let's drink to something else. Let's drink to fucking. Yeah, say, "Here's to your fuck, Frank." Ben: If you like, Frank. Here's to your fuck.
