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

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 just love the sheer mess of New York.

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

If not bliss, ignorance can at least be fun.

John Barry was my hero when I was about 13. His scores to the James Bond movies were the scores of my life back then.

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