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

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

Composing demands a degree of isolation.

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 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 actually don't see that strong of a connection between my background as a rock 'n roller and my early films. In a way I think your musical identity in film work is determined by the jobs that come your way.

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