People are disappointed when they hear my American accent because they regard 'The Police' as an English band but I've clung to my American-ness all the way.

That whole thing of replicating what others do is a siren call. The sirens lure you to the rocks of unoriginality.

I'd rather duplicate it myself. Another of our favourite techniques.

Making music has gotten easier; selling it has gotten harder. Making music has been democratized, but the market is in the hands of fascists.

Don't believe everything you see on VH1.

In a film score, the last thing you want to do is take people out of the movie. The music is secondary. In opera, the music is the main event.

Music has an immediate effect. If you want to go beyond that and look underneath, film is a good way of explaining.