I like things that start depressing and dark and end up romantic, and thats what I really loved about King Kong.

People want to hear clean sounds; they don't want to hear coughing in the background, pages turning.

When we were on breaks from recording and touring, I was kind of moping around, like not knowing what to do. It was hard to adjust back to normal life after being so busy.

I just recorded in studios, you know, people pressed the buttons for me. So I just started recording the bass lines and guitar parts with my voice, covering classical pieces, or just making up melodies so I could learn how to use it.

My grandparents on my mom's side played in a mandolin orchestra. So when I hear mandolins, I automatically think of them.

It's my favorite movie score and because I had such a crush on Christopher Reeve. The music made me love him even more. You know when you hear music in a movie and it makes you fall in love with the characters? That's what happened.

Our dad played us a lot of old country songs by The Carter Family and he would sing along to it. I loved listening to him sing.