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

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

Composing demands a degree of isolation.

I was in the Chilli Peppers at the time and I asked myself, would I be able to wear a sock on my genitals at the age of forty and they proved me wrong because I guess they're still doing it.

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

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

For me, the work begins with a rough cut of the film. I can't do much with the script. I've tried to write music to a script prior to seeing the film, but I've found it turns out to be a waste of time.