Bernard Herrmann used to write all his scores by himself. So did Bach, Beethoven and Stravinsky. I dont understand why this happens in the movie industry.

I was offered a free villa in Hollywood, but I said no thank you, I prefer to live in Italy.

Music is an experience, not a science.

You can see my decision as either a distinctive factor or as a limitation. I don't feel it is a limitation.

There was a theft! But, of course, if it was up to me, every two years I would win an Oscar.

I come from a background of experimental music which mingled real sounds together with musical sounds.

We live in a modern world, and in contemporary music the central fact is contamination. Not the contamination of disease but the contamination of musical styles. If you find this in me, that is good.

By encouraging the critic in themselves (the hater) they have killed the artist (the lover).

When your position is one of peace, then you're truly powerful.

Caleb told me that our mother said there was evil in everyone, and the first step to loving someone else is to recognize that evil in ourselves, so we can forgive them.

I'm a born-again atheist.

If he could bottle her strengthand vitality, he would. He would take everything thatwas Tessa and lock it into a corner of his heart, to takeout when the emptiness got too overwhelming.

In my experience, what every true artist wants, really wants, is to be paid.

One thing I've learned that is basic but bears repeating constantly: You are created with free will. Not even the Creator can help you unless you ask for help.

Fashion is what you're offered four times a year by designers. And style is what you choose.

I have started to say "A quarter of a century" Or "thirty years back" About my own life.

Management's job is to optimize the whole system.