As a kid, a little kid I loved going to the movies, and now I love making movies.

I'm of Neil Young's generation. Neil Young's songs have spoken to what it's like to be at least a white male of his generation over the years. Endlessly, he's sung about the stuff that I really care about. He's put into words the feelings that hit you at different transitional moments in life.

When you're working on a script, every word that's on the page, somebody has to read it. Make every word count in your stories.

I felt from time to time that shooting live music is the most purely cinematic thing you can do. Ideally, the cinema is becoming one with the music. There is little artifice involved. There's no acting. I love it.

Nothing beats a live performance. Nothing.

I also feel that the only thing more gratifying than working with someone who you've worked well with is working with someone new and coming up with something great.

I had very strong feelings, so the chance to make a film that deals in an imaginative way with stuff you care tremendously about is a real high. It's a really amazing thing to be able to do.