I don't like to write any music to a script. Experience has taught me that's generally a waste of time.

For me, the work begins with a rough cut of the film. I can't do much with the script. I've tried to write music to a script prior to seeing the film, but I've found it turns out to be a waste of time.

Composers are in some ways the last frontier of musician that gets a paycheck for their musical services.

I've always been very left of center and the radio never had much diversity and film did.

The way that I make films is that I sit down and I think, "How much money could I get with less consequences?" And that's how I start. I'd rather have less money and total autonomy than more money and start having to answer to things, because then I'm not being true and the money men are not being true.

Singer/songwriters spend two or three years making an album, and then it goes up for sale and everybody pirates it and you don't make any money. Whereas, writing a film score you still get presented with a paycheck.

I like challenges and I definitely would like to be more of a chameleon.