Every film deserves its own unique look.

If you're doing a music film, you've got to be singing about something.

Nothing beats a live performance. Nothing.

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.

I remember the Neil Young brand hitting me very hard immediately. He wasn't an acquired taste. I loved him immediately.

Maybe that's where the new art comes in - to somehow have your eye on the marketplace and harness your art to come up with something you can be proud of creatively.

Music films are great, but they can never compete with a live performance. Live music is what it is. It's the whole point. You experience it in the moment.