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 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.

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

I'm kind of an antisocial person. I realised when I was playing in bands that I wasn't that comfortable being on-stage, and I preferred to be behind-the-scenes. I like the seclusion of composing.

There's nothing worse than a director that keeps changing their mind. Because, unlike the directors I work with, I'm not decisive at all.

The more I come to understand music, the more I feel like a numbskull because there is always more to learn.