When you've finished the film and everybody's already made back all their money, everybody just leaves you alone and I'm very happy. That's what it has to be like.

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

I've never tried to work chronologically. I don't think I have the discipline to do that.

I was in the Chilli Peppers at the time and I asked myself, would I be able to wear a sock on my genitals at the age of forty and they proved me wrong because I guess they're still doing it.

I'm kind of conservative. I like to build on what I've done in the past and try something new.

Composing demands a degree of isolation.

I think the music business is becoming more difficult. It's really taken a big hit with piracy, so it's a lot more difficult. I mean, it was kind of an impractical career choice when I did it 25 years ago, but nowadays it's truly reckless.