A lullaby should be timeless because it's a timeless concept - the birth of the child.

Steven [Sebring] just fell in with my family life. He helped me wash the dishes and play with the kids. I could tell that he was a person who understood families.

I know from an early age that I'm very comfortable in front of people. When I was a young girl, I'd love giving book reports.

Since childhood, it was my dream to go where all the poets and artists had been. Rimbaud, Artaud, Brancusi, Camus, Picasso, Bresson, Goddard, Jeanne Moreau, Juliette Greco, everybody - Paris for me was a Mecca.

I was so horny in school it felt like my body was filled with electricity. I felt like I had neon bones or something.

I had met Michael Stipe, and he was such a kind person, and extremely understanding, so I asked him if he knew a photographer who would come to Detroit, where I lived, who would be child friendly and who would respect my home. Michael suggested Steven [ Sebring]. One day a knock came at my door, and when I opened it, there was Steven. He's been like a brother ever since.

Finally, by the sea, where God is everywhere, I gradually calmed.