I had very strong feelings, so the chance to make a film that deals in an imaginative way with stuff you care tremendously about is a real high. It's a really amazing thing to be able to do.

It's the most amazing thing to be able to forgive.

I'm of Neil Young's generation. Neil Young's songs have spoken to what it's like to be at least a white male of his generation over the years. Endlessly, he's sung about the stuff that I really care about. He's put into words the feelings that hit you at different transitional moments in life.

It's an amazing thing to say, 'I'm beautiful,' without feeling like you're cocky.

That's the amazing thing about music: there's a song for every emotion. Can you imagine a world with no music? It would suck.

I also feel that the only thing more gratifying than working with someone who you've worked well with is working with someone new and coming up with something great.