A studio session ... provides the greatest chance for control. Even though there is total freedom, I still dislike studio photography and the contrived images that usually stem from this genre.

It doesn't matter if you use a box camera or you use a Leica; the important thing is what motivates you when you are photographing.

Recording sessions were stimulating to photograph, because everything was in motion: the subject, the musicians, the technicians and the photographer. You needed fast reflexes to keep up with moving targets, and sensitivity and skill to get the pictures while keeping out of the performers' eyeline so as not to break their concentration.

I think if I ever get satisfied, I’ll have to stop. It’s the frustration that drives you.

Being a woman is just a marvelous plus in photographing. Men like to be photographed by women, it becomes flirtatious and fun, and women feel less as if they're expected to be in a relationship.

I don't see anybody as either ordinary or extraordinary. I see them simply as people in front of my lens.

You can't make a great musician or a great photographer if the magic isn't there.