I loved this idea of always being a foreigner. There's this thing where people bring cultures, bring the music together. I love it when the music, when the cultures collide and something sort of new comes out of it.

If something happened where I couldnt write music anymore, it would kill me. Its not just a job. Its not just a hobby. Its why I get up in the morning.

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

I want to go and write music that announces to you that you can feel something. I don’t want to tell you what to feel, but I just want you to have the possibility of feeling something.

Trust me, if you're working on a $70 million movie and you're the last guy, you feel all that weight on your shoulders.

I'm homeless, in a funny way. My culture I think is completely rooted in German 19th century music I suppose.

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.