Pretty Powerful symbolises my belief that all women are pretty, and with the right tools, are empowered to a higher level of pretty - it's about being confident and about being who you are
For me, if you distill comedy down, it is surprise and the unexpected. That has to be it on its most base level, in any form.
But as an amateur, the highest level you can box at is the Olympics. I did that at 18 and felt it was time to move on to other challenges as a professional.
The Japanese actually approach the music on a high level. It's always been on a high level.
If somebody would come and they're not playing music, they would encounter certain people on another level.
You don't really get to pick and chose what you would like to be doing. But I've been very fortunate, and I think water seeks its own level. You do gravitate towards things that you would get off on.
When you start out as a filmmaker, you do parodies, because you can't really compete on a studio level.
If you can take something to levels that very few other people can reach, then what you're doing becomes art.
I believe so deeply in the primacy of language, in lifting your prose to the highest level you're capable of and making your words symphonic.
Well, I heard of Sunny Ade, and looks as if his music is gonna be big on a global level, because I was in London the other day and some people asked me to review the album.