The film [Dream of Life] came together when we started editing; it was organic, it became nonlinear and it was its own animal. And I didn't want to tame it, either. I wanted it to be different. It's not your typical documentary.

I came up with more money, took all the footage, got a great editor and made this film [Dream of Life]. But I really didn't go into it with the intention of making a movie.

Ultimately, the film [Dream of Life] is inspirational.

I became Patti's [Smith] messenger, basically, and the film is my view of how I learned about Patti.

[Some] times I'd have sound but no image. When Patti [Smith] was singing with her guitar, or doing something amazing with her clarinet, I'd just mess around and record the sound. So we'd use those sounds as another layer in the film [Dream of Life].

I took pictures of the objects and artifacts that Patti [Smith] would show to her friends because I wanted to document them.

For me, moving from photography to film was very easy.