It's a thrill to see the birth of an artist.
My first play was 'The Room', written when I was twenty-seven.
When I was making my debut as an artist, I felt that it was very important that I try to combine the background of my own culture, my people, and the country into the contemporary art world. So that's how I came up with the term 'superflat.'
For me, personally, Mind, Body and Soul is my real debut.
My girlfriend at the time convinced me to send these songs to Cavity Search. When they wanted to put out my record I was totally shocked.
The first reason for starting to do the symphony concerts was to play this new piece of mine.
My first gigs were at university: I'd dress up as Jesus, jump off a cross and dance to a Mick Jagger song. I don't know if it was funny or not, but it was a start.
The first paid show was in Los Angeles at an art opening and I was paid maybe, I don't know, twenty five bucks?
I brought the film like a flower to the world.
As an artist, I feel you can have a debut just once.
On the fortieth day after his death, we held the ceremony, and I performed for the very first time.
To be honest, it was a little bit of a surprise to me that my Broadway debut was a musical.
My first album done what it had to do. It introduced me.
It's the first time that I've ever had an art show based on a film, but it's a photography collage.
Sometimes people's careers take off on their first albums, sometimes they don't.
In 1993, I premiered my solo piece 'Hysterical Blindness and Other Southern Tragedies That Have Plagued My Life So Far' at the Hudson Mainstage Theatre. It then went to New York and ran for several months Off-Broadway.
I came into the music world in 1988 with a song called 'Ooh La La,' that was like a breath of fresh air in Haitian music.
I had my first exhibition in September, 2012. This was when I first introduced the public to my style of the incorporation of cloth in my paintings. It was well received and everyone was fascinated with the work on display. I also invited other young aspiring artist to display they work which was also well received.
