“Otherwise they’re not going to feel great when they’re up there miming it.”

I think musicians are perfect at knowing how to get the best out of other musicians. I can really relate to that communion.

Something respected, was the most important thing to do with your life.

100 percent, my whole life. I went to school, I did music theory,

As a kid, I wasn’t given the sense that celebrity, or fame or any of that,

Was something to be impressed by, or to seek out. It was always impressed upon me that making something well crafted

I felt like I wanted to make more than just music.

I’m pretty committed to being a filmmaker because it incorporates everything I love: music, art direction, story, and you know – everything.

And I try to preserve whatever’s of value and achievable in their idea.

I’ve never made a video where I didn’t talk to the artist before I wrote the treatment.

Basically, I enter into it knowing we are collaborators.

I always wanted to be a musician.

And I’ve tried to do that where I can in my field.

If it’s something I can’t achieve, I tell them straight.

My process in making a music video is pretty much a formula of talking to the artist.

I did voice training and piano lessons, and while I was a decent musician.

It didn’t seem like enough for me.

Being here feels like I’m out of prison. This is the right place, the right time, the right team.

It is only when a man feels himself face to face with such horrors that he can understand their true import.

The voice of God must mean to him more than what he sees, feels, or what people say.

No man knows till he experiences it, what it is like to feel his own life-blood drawn away into the woman he loves.

I feel like I can get a good feel for people.

I pray for you every night. You’ve taught me to feel confident in myself, believe in myself that I can do it when I didn’t think I could do it.

I have my privileges, but I do feel like at every turn there is such resistance.

Looking at faces of people, one gets the feeling there’s a lot of work to be done.