I like short records in general that you can swallow in one sitting.

You can treat musicians like actors - you give them a roadmap but don't tell them what to do, and let their personal style or interpretation speak in the piece. And in both film and music, you create a space where people feel safe to do their best. You treat songs like scripts that can be interpreted a lot of different ways.

I was drawn to painting and filmmaking because I was interested in communicating visually, which spills over into my tendencies as a writer.

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