People hang their hopes on you fitting into their CD collection in way that they have made a space for, but I'm playing a longer game than that.

I'm competitive, so I don't like to feel marginalized by the people who sell a lot of records.

I blend my green drink every morning. I also fix my son a full-on American breakfast with bacon and toast.

The license said you had to stick around until I was dead, but if you're tired of looking at my face I guess I already am.

I love scoring. Putting music to picture is a rewarding challenge and one that relies on interpretation of emotion - as in, what is the pivotal feeling in a scene and which character's point of view is driving it at any given moment?

You have to do what you need to do as an artist. You have to have that courage.

It was a source of shame for my family that I was in rock and roll, which is so blue-collar. It just isn't done. And I felt it, too.