When a musician is conveying that fresh feeling, that's what appeals to me, even more so than the style.

I try to talk as little as possible, unless I see something that I might disagree with.

For me, when I watch something without music, I'm instantly thinking, "Okay, what am I going to do here? How am I going to convey this?" I take notes and really think about that.

One important thing, just being a film composer in general, is to have a great respect for the art that you're working on - a great respect for the film and a great respect for the filmmakers.

That's what I love about film scoring. Every situation is new. Every show is a new adventure.

What I love about film scoring is that all the answers are in the story. You just need to get in tune with the story and realize it musically.

I try not to make any boundaries. I try to let all art influence me.

I didn't know that I've completely left them all in the past. There's a part of me, wishing and hoping, that she would come back for me, and we would start a new life together, but she didn't.

There is nothing wrong with being wrong.

...this our world, which is so real, with all its suns and milky ways is-nothing.

It is when our budding hopes are nipped beyond recovery by some rough wind, that we are the most disposed to picture to ourselves what flowers they might have borne, if they had flourished . . .

There are times when born hollandaise heads, as well as nouveaux turbot freaks and recherche escargotphiles alike crave the saignet abundance of a New York steak.

I only work in relation to what the work is about. Yes, of course, if the world's coming to an end I would basically try to get out of the way when the sky falls.

I like being full, every day, with stuff that I have to do.

Sometimes it's the words we choose not to say that speak most loudly about our character.

Medical education does not exist to provide students with a way of making a living, but to ensure the health of the community.

It's not just getting a goal that matters, but the quality of life you experience along the way.