I don't think of Storefront Hitchcock or Stop Making Sense as documentaries, I think of them more as performance films.

Every film deserves its own unique look.

Extraordinary people are the Green Berets and the Navy Seals and the Olympic athletes - these are the ones who can face these extraordinary physical challenges and be triumphant.

It's a funny thing with documentary films - you want them to feel as entertaining and as gripping as a fictional film. With a fictional film you want it to feel as realistic as a documentary film.

I'm guided by my enthusiasm.

I don't think of Storefront Hitchcock or Stop Making Sense as documentaries, I think of them more as performance films.

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.