I came into music just because I wanted the bread. It's true. I looked around and this seemed like the only way I was going to get the kind of bread I wanted.

Don't you think it's sometimes wise not to grow up.

I always think it's better to be not taking drugs or drinking or anything. That's not saying I've never done it because I have. But I sort of learned I think after a while there has been - it didn't take me that long to realize that it wasn't a good thing.

I am not a librarian of my own work. It's a good thing not to be too involved with what you have done.

The terrible attack in Manhattan has given place to a burst of patriotism in the United States.

You have to write a song around this specific character or to enhance a specific scene. A lot of other craft goes on.

There's no great technical expertise in being a movie producer.