Having the great opportunity on a daily basis to sit in front of a blank page is terrifying, and at the same time really exciting. I can't actually get better at my job, because every time you finish something you start with a blank page, with nothing.

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

If you talk to any director, they'll say music is fifty percent of the movie.

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.

I have to give credit to Giorgio Moroder ; among the first to make us realize the importance of music in film.

What are you going to do when you are not saving the world.

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.