I write music to please myself. Hopefully the director's enjoying it too.

Big Sur is at the end of the continent. It attracts really crazy people.

Death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it inordinate help.

I dont find myself lobbying for projects. Filmmakers almost always come to me.

A carefree quality is a whole aspect of life that I will never understand. I don't think I have ever been carefree and can't see the pleasure of it.

I'm one of those people who is actually inspired by a deadline. I might not sleep for many days on end, it may not be good for my health, but it definitely helps.

Music is the subliminal connecting adhesive in film, or at least in narrative feature films.

I have always loved Scottish music - all sorts of Celtic, Gaelic music.

Conducting, I tried it once off the cuff, and quickly realized there were subtle aspects that I was missing. There is a lot more to it that I was able to grasp simply by watching conductors.

In mainstream romantic comedies, I'm usually tearing my hair out. It's just a devastatingly difficult genre for me.

I like business and personal life to be distinct.

I can't do anything to death, doctor's orders.

Unfortunately, we often have shallow relationships because we have paper towel friends. We use them up and then throw them away when we don't need them anymore.

Before one can know what is right and wrong, he must first align himself with God. Only then is one in a position to do right.

Set your guitars and banjos on fire and before you write a song smoke a pack of whiskey and it'll all take care of itself.

You can do anything. You can perform miracles, but it won't fulfill you. What will fulfill you is the stillness of eternity.

I really hated school and so I just wanted to stay home and watch 'I Love Lucy' and watch the movies that inspired me to the point where we are sitting here.

The road to riches is never straight and narrow. It can be riddled with financial land mines.

Religion is a dangerous prod, because it can always be misused and get out of hand, but it's useful for keeping people on the straight and narrow.

I have no plan to retire anytime soon, although remember I am 50 years old!

I find it refreshing to unplug from it for a while. You kind of forget how deeply you get embedded in it.