My dad was just a big Joseph Campbell nut.
When I wrote my first album, I was reading Joseph Campbell - he's this philosopher who writes about mythology. That inspired the title, 'No Mythologies to Follow.'
The hero's journey is simply who we are as human beings.
I think with movies I am really connecting to the Joseph Campbell idea of the collective unconscious.
I've never read Joseph Campbell, and I don't know all that much about story archetypes.
I must admit to being greatly influenced by Joseph Campbell's The Hero With a Thousand Faces.
'Journey' was very much inspired by Joseph Campbell's work for 'The Hero's Journey,' but, from among his works, I like 'The Power of Myth' best.
'Star Wars' or 'The Lord of the Rings' deal with great big Joseph Campbell-style myths, good and evil.
There's something about film that offers this opportunity to stick to a very, very clear single protagonist's point of view, and I like that.
