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

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

I live in Topanga Canyon, which is like a faux-rustic enclave in Los Angeles. I love the sounds of all the critters outside - the frogs, owls, crickets, and birds. Some of the birds around here are pretty accomplished musicians. You can learn a lot from them.

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.

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

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

Composing demands a degree of isolation.