I had this notion of what I called a democratic way of looking around, that nothing was more or less important.

I don't think that has ever changed. I don't think I see any more or any less than I did years ago. Let's say I have the print of a photo taken in the 1960s and one I took a month ago. I think it's pretty difficult to tell any difference, personally.

Photography just gets us out of the house.

I don't think about what camera I should use that much. I just pick up the one that looks nicest on the day.

Black-and-white photography, which I was doing in the very early days, was essentially called art photography and usually consisted of landscapes by people like Ansel Adams and Edward Weston. But photographs by people like Adams didn't interest me.

Only the few times I've been to so-called treatment centers, which were a complete waste of money and useless. I didn't know what I was doing at the time, because I was always drunk when I checked in.

I had this notion of what I called a democratic way of looking around, that nothing was more or less important.