The editing process was a free-for-all, and since I hadn't gone to film [Dream of Life] school or anything like that, I just said, "We'll do this. We…

- Steven Sebring

I would bring Patti [Smith ] in to the editing room [working on the Dream of Life] and say, "This is a great moment for a voiceover, or a poem," and…

- Steven Sebring

I didn't do well in high school, but I took photography, and I loved being able to capture moments. It led to more and more photography, and fashion …

- Steven Sebring

[Some] times I'd have sound but no image. When Patti [Smith] was singing with her guitar, or doing something amazing with her clarinet, I'd just mess…

- Steven Sebring

Fashion's been really good to me. It financed Patti Smith: Dream of Life.

- Steven Sebring

Many of my family members are teachers in the arts, and I picked up the camera years ago, in high school.

- Steven Sebring

Fashion has also been a great outlet, and I'd like to do more fashion photography in the future. I also photograph a lot of artists.

- Steven Sebring

Hopefully I can inspire lots of people to learn about [Patti Smith], to read poetry or learn about William Blake or Arthur Rimbaud.

- Steven Sebring

Sometimes my fashion pictures can look a little bit like documentary style pictures. So having a camera in my hand was normal.

- Steven Sebring