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

I think that music has an endless life.

Composers are always going back to the past.

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.

What's the best place to hide a car? In an airport long-term lot. Like where's the best place to hide a grain of sand? On the beach

Watch TV or something." That's what the note says. So I say to myself, Fine. But I think I'll do the "or something" part.

Mathematical objects are determined by - and understood by - the network of relationships they enjoy with all the other objects of their species.

Delegation requires the willingness to pay for short term failures in order to gain long term competency.

Heroes are often the most ordinary of men.

If only Heaven will give me just another ten years... Just another five more years, then I could become a real painter.

Many people have said many things. I can only say I did not consciously go after dance. It found me.

I think it's not a femme fatale when someone is not doing it to manipulate men or be like a black widow. She loves him. She does it out of love. She wants him so badly to stay with her.

I grew up going to musicals with my mom here in New York, going to Broadway. I used to be in musicals in high school.

Every time a man dies, a child dies too, and an adolescent and a young man as well; everyone weeps for the one who was dear to him.