Even my nighttime dreams are very, very rooted in reality. They just start to become surreal, little by little.

I like the idea of reading into people's faces when they're not emoting. Some people are fascinated, some are sympathizing.

I'm a fan of the mythos of Atlanta hip-hop, and it's something I grew up imagining. It was very interesting to get there and see the real version of this world and then reconcile the differences between what's presented as Atlanta hip-hop to the rest of the world and what the real, breathing version of it is.

I like the feeling of keeping people off-balance and having the audience not knowing where I'm coming from or keeping that mysterious.

I love museums, but I always thought there was something funny about a group of strangers silently staring at works of inanimate objects together. Each person is having a very personal and maybe even emotional experience, but it's in the confines of an extremely quiet and sterile room.

If artists do have ideas, they're often not great.

A lot of the music video stuff I've worked on is mostly me pitching ideas, and then if [the artists] have notes or thoughts, I'll integrate them into the idea.