The jarring change going from an urban environment to an extremely remote natural environment is extremely inspiring. It's constantly stimulating, it's like a slap in the face.

Carefully execute every instruction given to you by the director, producer, and studio. But that would be a life not worth living.

I don't generally find myself listening to the music of a film unless there's something awfully wrong with it.

Hopefully each film can be given a musical voice of its own, which is not to say that the instrumentation is always unique, but that the relationship between the sound and the image is unique.

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

I just love the sheer mess of New York.

All my music is very simple in that melody is usually clearly stated.