Composers are always going back to the past.

I think that music has an endless life.

My favorite work is The Full Monty because I got an Oscar for it. But it was really hard work at the time. Sometimes comedy is not a bundle of laughs to actually do.

Obviously in Art of Noise, I'm just part of the group, and when I do film scores, it's always in collaboration with the director and other people involved.

You know, nobody eats in England. three or four pints of english beer a night fills you. i can’t say i’m very impressed with the food in America. it’s all sort of bland. like turkey sandwiches.

Sometimes in films it's nice to have violins on either side, rather than on one side, so you've got more of a stereo picture with the violins. Sometimes it's good to have the basses in the middle.

It's really the sound of the voices, the sound of the words, the sound of the sound that we're interested in.

Usually one or two things happen: Either you have an idea straightaway - the sort of sound that you want or the instrumentation or one particular sound that you want to feature - or you don't.

I wanted to make a classical piece that was actually designed to be a CD, not designed for performance.

Your life as a Christian must be that which glorifies God

i { } you more than {(({ }))}

Polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold.

The words 'In God WE trust' are not only unconstitutional, they aren't even accurate.

Fame is a big joke. Stars need to stop taking themselves so seriously.

They will not love me, you say? When have they ever loved me? How can I lose something I have never owned? - Stannis

The capitalism we are in now is already coming to an end

Writers would be warm, loyal, and otherwise terrific people-if only they'd stop writing.

In my work I have complete control, but about my life, I don't want to.

Telling the truth after proper investigation is the height of courage.