I'm the music guy, I get to wear the music hat, but being able to be that guy in the room is a thrill at this level and caliber.

I am not throwing away my shot.

I think if you want to make a recipe for making a writer, have them feel a little out of place everywhere, have them be an observer kind of all the time. And that's a great way to make a writer.

My kid gets me out of bed in the morning.

The distance between where I am and where I want to be seems impossibly large.

It's got to feel, the pulse has to feel like this part of the world, the instrumentation has to be true to that, and so, between him, [composer] Mark Mancina and myself, we really chased that, while serving our story Moana].

I think you balance the things you've been dying to do all your life. And the opportunities that come along, that you didn't maybe think of, that are so amazing, that you'd kick yourself if you didn't try to be a part of them.