The challenge in scoring a sequel is, how do you not get bored? The only way around that one is to go, "Okay, let's throw everything out that we had before and let's just see it as an autonomous movie, and let's just start again."

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

If I play you a piece of music, that's when you can truly look inside me.

You can only make a good noise on the guitar if you're committed. Little careful noise doesn't work. You have to be bold.

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.

The writing gets done away from the keyboard and away from the studio in my head, in solitude. And then I come in and hopefully have something, then I wrestle with sounds and picture all day long. But the ideas usually come from a more obscure place, like a conversation with a director, a still somebody shows you, or whatever.

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