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 have always loved Scottish music - all sorts of Celtic, Gaelic music.

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.

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

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

If not bliss, ignorance can at least be fun.

How does my music connect to an audience? That is just a complete mystery to me.