I guess I'd like to have my cake and eat it, too. I want to be known for having a recognizable style. I believe having your own personal identity is what makes you competitive. On the other hand, I would like to be versatile and be challenged to go in new directions.

It's very important that you never depend on money to fulfill your creative vision. If you do that, you're doomed to fail.

I like directors that give their composer a juicy role in their films. Some films have a small, minor role for music, some have a larger role.

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

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

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