I do select a soundtrack for each of my subjects and again my assistants you know they make fun of me because that is more important to me than the l….

I love my cameras. I love contact sheets. I love the visceral thing of film and I'm not positive that I can replicate my lighting digitally. My assis….

So sometimes it is an outright manipulation like that, but most of the time I'm just, I'm creating a mood that is a place of comfort for the person a….

You know I don't care if it's you know an intern or a full-time employee. I want to help them arrive at who they are or who they want to be in the wo….

You know a photo session is really a dance and making sure that they're comfortable and for me it's the music, the music, the music. That is everythi….

A lot of the people that I photograph are master musicians themselves, whether they're singers or great jazz players and it's kind of fun to figure o….

I think that people get into trouble when they photograph something that they... that is not in their world. It's like when they say "write what you ….

There are certain people that you don't have to even work at extracting their inner life. It is just there and they're happy to share it with you..

This whole business of all these lenses is ridiculous. You know, it's like you have to capture your picture. You have to create it. You have to see i….

When people are described as difficult and have a reputation as difficult it's 99% of the time because they've been disappointed over and over again ….

I kind of - you learn it, you master it, and then you make sure that it just disappears. You know, like if I could have invisible lights, I would, an….

I think my most favorite subject was Lena Horne, because she embodies soul and grace and elegance and 'street'. She embodies everything. And beauty —….

For me there's several components to picture-taking and it starts with my goals as an artist. It's capturing I guess the inner life of my subject and….

My days are kind of controlled by my projects, so sometimes they're album covers. Sometimes they're commission portrait shoots. Sometimes they are ed….

I think mentoring is essential in life, both being a mentor to someone and being mentored, and I think that when you are mentored it inspires a gener….

We all look in the mirror and see us a little blonder or a little thinner or a little younger, whatever that ideal might be and most of the people th….

I can't tell you how many reshoots I've done from, you know, famous photographers who really love just to shoot models and failed at shooting a Patti….

I guess I'm half traditionalist, half modern girl and I just never... I love the digital world and I love electronica and after I shoot everything is….

It's a wonderful way to get at who someone is through their own love of music and going right at their subconsciousness if you will. You don't play g….

Everyone hates their picture being taken and they're nervous and they're bringing all of that. When I meet with them they realize it is a collaborati….

When people warn me about someone - the label head or the publishing head - that somebody is difficult, I'm in heaven..