The idea of words and photos was something that appealed to me.

I was never that big a rock-and-roll, rock guy. I really preferred jazz, you know, that kind of thing.

I just try things and whether people like it or if I find it successful or not, I just do it.

Art was something that I was really interested in, probably more so than writing or anything else.

You can't make somebody care about what you're doing. Either they get it, either there's that connection - or they don't.

I shoot a lot of video, first of all, whatever I think is interesting, just my travels; hard to say why. If something looks good, I take a picture or try to shoot it.

I do make some drawings for wall pieces. I do work out some ideas for large-scale wall pieces where I have to organize words or get proportions right. I do keep them in my files. Not an exhibit or a show; just as part of my records, my archives.