Sometimes you don't know if your memory is because you really experienced it or because you look at your old pictures. I have a nice picture of myself held up by my grandfather and my father standing next to me. We all have the same name - we're all called Anton Corbijn. That's something I cherish.

By self-analysis you can not change your character, but you may change your mentality.

Photography was the only thing that mattered in my life and I gave it everything.

I never really enjoyed getting a portfolio together then sending it out; whereas, putting up the website is quite an enjoyable experience. The net's just a much faster and more modern way to distribute things, and you have to embrace it.

With photography, you are lucky if you get people to look at your pictures at some point. There's no formal way to show them.

I've gotten used to not looking too far into the future; it's best when you can begin each day anew.

My biggest fear always is that I’ll photograph an idea rather than a person, so I try to be quite sensitive to how people are.