I wanted to make a classical piece that was actually designed to be a CD, not designed for performance.

It's really the sound of the voices, the sound of the words, the sound of the sound that we're interested in.

My favorite work is The Full Monty because I got an Oscar for it. But it was really hard work at the time. Sometimes comedy is not a bundle of laughs to actually do.

I think that music has an endless life.

Composers are always going back to the past.

I wanted to make a classical piece that was actually designed to be a CD, not designed for performance.

I always think it's important to choose your initial theme very carefully because you're going to be married to it for a long time. You might have to generate an hour's worth of music from a very short, little piece of theme.