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

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.

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 think there is quite a continuity over my 25 years of doing music, and I'm always trying to break away from it.

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

I work at home but average 15,000 to 18,000 miles per year on my Honda.

Composing demands a degree of isolation.