Why was it important to you that your subjects be “present in that way”? Is that something you think about in all projects, or were you specifically attuned to it in this body of work?
That all of the portraits are done this way is probably more specific to this project. But I usually do tend [...]

So in a way you really taught yourself …
Yes, in a way that’s true but I still had to learn…

So when and how did you start playing with a band?
I was first with a girls’ band. These girls had dreams of being famous and making money as well. They wanted me to join the band [...]

THE STUDIO INTERVIEW
The story probably starts late ‘85 early ‘86. When you were writing songs at that point can you remember thinking ‘this is a Floyd song, this should be a Floyd song’.
DG. I don’t think that’s ever a delineation that you make or certainly that I would make. I just start writing and hope [...]

I think it reached its height in FEAR OF FOURS, and you can really hear it in that. It’s actually quite a difficult album to listen to and my voice was very effected because I was trying on different persona in the way I was singing, but also it was effected technologically as well. And [...]

JW. When did you know that you were going to be working towards that lyric, “I don’t believe in Beatles”?
JL. I don’t know when I realised I was putting down all these things that I didn’t believe in you know, so I could have gone on and have had a Christmas card list. You know, [...]

JW. When did you know that you were going to be working towards that lyric, “I don’t believe in Beatles”?
JL. I don’t know when I realised I was putting down all these things that I didn’t believe in you know, so I could have gone on and have had a Christmas card list. You know, [...]