Conducting, I tried it once off the cuff, and quickly realized there were subtle aspects that I was missing. There is a lot more to it that I was able to grasp simply by watching conductors.

A carefree quality is a whole aspect of life that I will never understand. I don't think I have ever been carefree and can't see the pleasure of it.

I just love the sheer mess of New York.

I dont find myself lobbying for projects. Filmmakers almost always come to me.

Connection is what one is after in probably most media, but certainly in film, which is an immersive medium.

Music is the subliminal connecting adhesive in film, or at least in narrative feature films.

John Barry was the first film composer I was aware of. As a teenager I owned several of his Bond soundtracks.