If anyone tells you there is only one way, their way, get as far away from them as possible, both physically and philosophically.

I realized, "Gee, you're making the same film over and over here." I just kept making them for my own amusement, but also with this thought in my head that I could collect enough songs to make an album out of it. I am attracted to non-dramatic moments in life. The idea of a coffee break is not something you'd think of as being an important part of your day, so these shorts were like little free zones in which we could just play around.

[Kenneth Koch] taught us to be playful, to be very appreciative of other poets, to appreciate all forms of expression. He taught us to be experimental.

I think of poets as outlaw visionaries in a way.

I always think the Sex Pistols and the Ramones as very, very important because they stripped things down.

If anyone tells you there is only one way, their way, get as far away from them as possible, both physically and philosophically.

I'm completely intuitive and I don't like to analyze things.