I would make tea for Joni Mitchell or clean her car anything to be in the studio and watch her work.
Prince used to call me up 3am in the morning and invite me to hear some of...
I wanted to end my life so bad and was in my car ready to go down that ramp...
I've never let producers tell me what to do. Even when I was making television I always did what I wanted to do and if I couldn't I didn't do it. It was a freedom that these days young directors starting out don't have.