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

I prefer a life in which we don't take ourselves too seriously.

Death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it inordinate help.

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

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

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