I write with music. I write scenes in movies that hopefully can earn the use of some songs that are powerful to me.

I write with music. I write scenes in movies that hopefully can earn the use of some songs that are powerful to me.

Be positive, be positive. It's rough out there, but don't succumb. Don't succumb to the cynicism in the world.

There's several ways to be a journalist. One way is to be combative and take the person to task and what you have is a portrait of somebody defending themselves, which is interesting. The other thing is to slip into their world and really be a representative for all the people that love the experience of that artist, and have them get so comfortable that you become invisible and they're themselves.

Take it from your own life, write what you believe in.

In the future, everybody is going to be a director. Somebody's got to live a real life so we have something to make a movie about.

I always tell the girls never take it seriously, if you never take it seriously you never get hurt, if you never get hurt you always have fun, and if you ever get lonely just go to the record store and visit your friends.