I never work with a screen. Other photographers have this black thing around, and they go back and look at it. I'd rather spend the time with the subject, photographing or discussing or talking, than staring at this thing. I'd rather look at what's going on.
When I was at school, I was terrible at algebra and arithmetic, but I was always the best at English and literature. And acting, of course.
We love music, and when it's good we flip. And we want to get to the core of why it's good.
I play the drums, I love to sing. I'll make a beat anywhere - on the wall, on the floor - and I can have fun doing just about anything.
There is always space for good music.
Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.
When words leave off, music begins.
I can imagine myself as an old man writing music for choir or orchestra. I don't know that I'll be touring six months out of the year in a rock band when I'm 60.
Light makes photography. Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all, know light. Know it for all you are worth, and you will know the key to photography.
If I don't feel it when I'm sitting there, if it doesn't give me the feeling I got when I heard 'Pony' or 'So Anxious' or 'In Those Jeans,' I scrap it.
When I listen to a record, or when I'm making a record, I listen to everything. I listen to the drums, the bass, the voice, the arrangement. I listen to the whole piece as an ensemble. I don't only listen to the guitar player.
Writing a film is like building a brick wall. You have a plan, and you have the blocks. Then, somebody says, 'I think we'll take this stone out of here and put it over there. And while we're at it, let's make this stone red and that stone green.'
I'm always secretly the most pleased when a show just really, really looks good and when my camera guys are really happy with the images they got.
Contrast is what makes photography interesting.
It's all about the music. Everything else is just extra.
I've got a great collection of photography.
Writing is always harder than talking.
When I paint, some things come out, and I don't know. Maybe it's because I have such talent as a painter.
The first songs I ever wrote - my first, like, serious offerings - were all written on ukulele. It's always been a part of the way I write for a really long time.
I wanted to write songs which I think is a different thing. I wanted to write music that is informed by folk music. The chord progressions are obvious references.
The painter I really thought I could learn from was Cezanne - some sort of resemblance to oranges and greens and browns of the dry season in St. Lucia.
Writing music is my one and only passion and joy.
Music expresses longing and love and joy better than any piece of dialogue you can ever write.
I like to know where the camera is.
There's always a group of songs that I'm working at. Some of them are 10 years old, and some of them are just a few weeks old. I'm always trying to adjust these songs to some position where I can bring them to completion.
