Big Sur is at the end of the continent. It attracts really crazy people.

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.

I would like to do a science fiction film some day. Star Wars seems really to have destroyed the genre, which at one time offered great musical opportunities.

Los Angeles is an industry town, and it has great facilities and personnel. The disadvantage is that everyone there seems to talk about the same subject matter.

I write music to please myself. Hopefully the director's enjoying it too.

I like the fact that New York looks a bit backwards, toward the Old World, rather than resolutely forwards.

I like business and personal life to be distinct.