I have all these computers and keyboards and synthesizers, and I rattle away. For instance, with The Lion King I wrote over four hours worth of tunes, and they were really pretty -but totally meaningless. So in the end I came up with material I liked. We worked on The Lion King for four years, but I wasn't toying until the last three-and-a-half weeks properly. On Crimson Tide, on the other hand, I just went in and within seconds I knew what I wanted.

Inspired music arises from an inspired movie which arises from an inspired script.

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

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

Why get up in the morning unless you’re going to have an adventure?

I get all my good ideas sort of at one o' clock in the morning, and I tried for a while to behave like normal people.

Never let your wife prevent you from buying equipment. A car will not buy a synthesizer, but a synthesizer can buy a car.