Almost all the producers I know and dig, like Quincy Jones or Brian Eno, are really musicians first. I'm a composer, an orchestrator, an arranger and a musician first. I know how to write and rewrite songs, and the genius is really in the rewriting.

Bands always call me when they are in need of a boost and I come in and put them back on top.

If I could live in one city and do every single thing I do there, I would choose Venice. You can't turn your head without seeing something amazing.

I really do love pop. I understand songwriting, I understand the business, and I'm not stuck in any one particular time period.

You can fool a person into going to see a movie with a good trailer.

Any real record person knows that the number one most powerful marketing tool when it comes to music is repetition.

Art is something that opens up and enhances your emotions and that's what I like to think I'm doing.