To me I think artists in general make a statement - and for the rest of their lives - every album, every book - are variations on a theme.

To Kill a Mockingbird' represents Hollywood at its very finest, when a popular film could truly contain a message. It has one of the most moving scores of all time.

Before MTV, if you put out an album that sold 50,000 copies, your band could afford not to have day jobs for a while. That meant you could stick around, put out another album or two. Maybe it would be the second or third album where you'd make the statement you'd been trying to make all along.

I write all the time. I do artwork that's part of a diary, and I write short stories to go with them pretty much every day.

My favorite films, I would put my answering machine up to the television set and hit record. I'd tape my favorite movies and then I could go back and listen to them again. I only had the soundtrack, I didn't have the visuals. But I think it made me really pay attention to the soundtracks.

I really appreciate anyone trying to inject art into mainstream film.

Technology has taken its toll on albums in a tough way. The CD format and MTV really played havoc on artists.