There's something inimical about the camera and song.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Music in this film is a very important part.
With songs I almost see the images, see the action, and then all I have to do is describe it. It's almost like watching a scene from a film, and that's what I go about trying to catch in a song.
I always prefer other people's interpretations over my own, so I'm not very quick to make explicit what exactly a song or record is about.
A song is the most intangible thing in the world.
If you're doing a music film, you've got to be singing about something.
A music video is so different to doing a movie.
I've been very hands-on with everything I've done since I had my children. And it's just really important for me to understand the big picture, where everybody's coming from, what's the real purpose of this shoot and this song, or whatever it is in that moment that I'm doing.
It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.
For us as writers, it's really important to have songs we believe in - even before sometimes we shoot a scene. If we have a song that's so perfectly designed for a scene on 'Rescue Me,' we'll play it on loud speakers during the shooting. It helps the cameraman and it helps the director, and it helps the actors know what the feel is.
I think songs and visuals are so evocative of each other.