The problem is, with a lot of children's films, they are very commercial.

All these gadgets, the phone and the computer, they expose the inside of your brain in a way that's bad.

Every great idea is on the verge of being stupid.

Orange is an underrated color, it's the second most underrated color after yellow.

Of course, from time to time, I want to do everything myself and be more involved on my own with the creative process. But I don't mind the collaboration at all.

In my opinion, it's more interesting to see magic happening in a world that feels grounded. If the world is already crazy, then anything can happen. So it's better to start with something real.

I'm not against the technology at all, I just don't like to use it if it's just to mimic what you can do with traditional methods.

I would define myself as being naive and perverse at the same time. And I think that if that is consistent it will make the tone consistent.

When people are very original, sometimes they are original as a way to resist the mainstream.

Misinterpretation leads me to inspiration and creativity because I think my brain is trying to figure out some information that I'm confused about.

I like the days when all the filmmakers had was a film roll, a camera and a gangster. The Mack Sennett comedies were all like that. They'd create little teams to go out and shoot films.

When one has a grateful heart, life is so beautiful.

We all have flaws and mine is being wicked.

When you are thwarted, it is your own attitude that is out of order.

Surround yourself with good people, surround yourself with positivity and people who are going to challenge you to make you better.

The smaller you strip things down, the more you depend on the songs and yourself, as opposed to arrangements.

Options are good. Keeps people choosing.

Unproductive worry - like Parkinson's proverbial law - tends to expand to fill the time available.

The best things that have ever happened to me have not been the result of anything I have done. Some might say that is luck. I call them blessings and in some cases miracles.

Any time I sit down and write music, the first part of that is always centering myself and thinking about who I currently am.

Yield not thy neck To fortunes yoke, but let thy dauntless mind Still ride in triumph over all mischance.