I don't drive, so one of my assistants drives me to my writing room, and I have a calendar on the wall telling me how much time I have left, and how far behind I am. I look at it and panic, and decide which scene to work on. And you sit there plonking notes until something makes sense, and you don't think about it any more. Good tunes come when you're not thinking about it.

I've spent my life trying to make things simpler. Because I find ultimately that complicated doesn't reach the heart.

As the seconds of our lives are ticking away, you have to realize that life needs to be an adventure.

If you talk to any director, they'll say music is fifty percent of the movie.

The rules are: The more playful we get, the more we can get rid of the rules.

There's a power that movies and music has, that can move you and motivate you to look at your neighbor in a slightly more respectful way, and look at cultures in a more inclusive way.

When I was 13, when I was 14, when I was in England, yeah all I wanted to do was go and see The Who, go and see The Stones.