You're going to fail a few times, because that is the only time you actually learn something.

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."

A violin is nothing more than a piece of wood and a dead cat. But it's a piece of technology. So when computers came along, in the '70s, I suddenly thought, hang on a second, this is interesting. These things can become an instrument. So I just became very interested in them, and started, playing with electronics.

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

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

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.

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.