The truth is nobody can own anything. That was an unheard-of concept among indigenous people. We invented that.

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.

I think I was lucky to come of age in a place and time - the American South in the 1960s and '70s - when the machine hadn't completely taken over life. The natural world was still the world, and machines - TV, telephone, cars - were still more or less ancillary, and computers were unheard of in everyday life.

"Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard

Photographs are the reflection of untold stories, unseen beauties, unexpressed emotions, and the unheard songs of life.

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard, are sweeter

Where I come from it was really unheard of to be at a party and someone says 'What kind of music do you make?' and you say 'Pop music.' You may as well have 'I'm not cool' stamped on your forehead.

I think I was lucky to come of age in a place and time - the American South in the 1960s and '70s - when the machine hadn't completely taken over life. The natural world was still the world and machines - TV telephone cars - were still more or less ancillary and computers were unheard of in everyday life.