I'm a fanatic about Irish music. I love its moody, modal and timeless quality. I'm different from some other composers, because I don't look at this as just a job. I think of music as art.

I am a musicologist, a doctor of music. Therefore I listened to, studied and analysed a lot of music. I also enjoy metaphors, the art of quoting and of cycles.

It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness

Connecting with those you know love, like and appreciate you restores the spirit and give you energy to keep moving forward in this life.

I’ve spent something like 17 years working on a theory for which there is essentially no direct experimental support.

I'm a better writer now because I've worked very hard at getting better. My long-range goal will always be to write better books.

In business, we often say that your best customers are the customers you have now. In other words, your most successful sales leads come from the selling you've already done.

Let the future tell the truth and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.

Because when you hate something, you stop doing it.

The only reason integrity should be a burden to you is if you enjoy being dishonest.

If you can't make money from attention, you should do something else for a living.

I think there's a lot of unnecessary bullshit on the Internet. You can drown in it.