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

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

Pop music is a fashion, and fashions come and go. The public retires you as their tastes change.

I'm not in a position in my career where I turn things down. I'm very easy. So the projects often dictate the direction you will go in. I welcome things that challenge me.

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

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.

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