Anything can become a musical sound. The wind on telegraph wires is a great sound; get it into your machine and play it and it becomes interesting.

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

All music is based in one way or the other, or influenced through the ages, on technology.

The main thing the composer needs to do is it needs to remember that the director is there to cheer you on. The director wants you to succeed because if you succeed, you'll be helping the film. And they are truly your conscience. And they're truly your guide.

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

America is a magical place, and I think my job, or the job of a lot of us European filmmakers is to just hold up America to Americans and present it to you in a new way. All I wanted to do is in a funny way say, "Look at your country. It's magnificent."