My father was assassinated by an FBI-CIA connection

The idea of using media for expressing yourself artistically is kind of something I learned from my mother and my father. So for me, I think growing up wanting to be an artist, I always imagined myself sort of crossing over or mixing media and so it was a natural evolution for me to try to express in a filmic way or in a visual way. It just kind of seems like a natural sort of progression for me in terms of what I'm trying to do as an artist.

Growing up, I fantasized about being a rock musician and that somehow it would be really easy. I didn't realize that it's so much work.

I feel that film is inevitably the medium of the future. It has been for years, decades, but more so now than ever.

Putting out commercial pieces and promoting them and trying to sell them to people is not necessarily what it means to be an artist

For me, songwriting is something that I have to do ritually. I don't just wait for inspiration; I try to write a little bit every day.

I try not to do anything by formula.