Fashion's been really good to me. It financed Patti Smith: 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.

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

We were just hanging out and getting to learn about each other. But I think trust was a really big thing. Patti [Smith] is a good friend, somebody I can talk to.

For me to see the film [Dream of Life] on a big screen - it's pretty extraordinary.

I would bring Patti [Smith ] in to the editing room [working on the Dream of Life] and say, "This is a great moment for a voiceover, or a poem," and then we'd bring in some sound design.