I was really, really struck by something that I read that you said. You said that your greatest achievement has been deciding what you wanted to do at 15 people odds doing it. And I was wondering if you could talk a little bit about what gave you the sense back then that it could be done. "It was an insane teenage that became an even more insane adult reality"
Michael Stipe joins to talk about his remarkable life, photography practice, and career as the lead singer and lyricist for the band R.E.M.