No matter how great we get with digital formats of instrumentation, nothing really quite duplicates the real thing

The Top 40 is geared toward 20 and under, not 20 and up. That's the audience I'm geared to

The more complicated the movie, the more complex the budget, the more lonely it gets. There's a point where ... who do you go to, other than prayer and friends?

When your car is about to go off a cliff, it’s a weird time to be thinking about gas mileage and drag coefficients; better to take the right control action—look out the window and steer or use the brake until you’re back on course.

As you get older, your experiences become more precious. Nothing material is important to me. It's people who are precious.

It's understanding the intention of a composer that allows a producer and an arranger to make those moments speak

The bigger you are, the harder they come down on you