I categorically resist this idea that films are supposed to be autobiographical and the only stories you tell are about your own life.
It's not necessary to go far and wide. I mean, you can really find exciting and inspiring things within your hometown.
Some of the wise boys who say my music is loud, blatant and that's all should see the faces of the kids who have driven a hundred miles through the snow to see the band... to stand in front of the bandstand in an ecstasy all their own.

