I always loved music, and I always wanted to make a film about it, but I could never do it because of the censorship that was around.

I'm very much interested in music specifically and wanted to make a film about it, but not in an atmosphere of censorship.

I went to underground music studios. In the studios, I learned that you can make a movie without a permit.

I had seen some films made about the underground music world in Tehran, and most of them were short documentaries about 30 or 40 minutes long. And I always wondered why they weren't publicized more. Really, their only flaw was they were short documentaries.

In Iranian cinema, all the lying takes place before making the film. In order to be able to make the film, you have to lie.

When you want to make a film abroad, you need producers and people who support you. You need a team that speaks your language.