You'll never get me into a tux. Not until I'm dead and I have no choice because that's what the undertaker put me in.

For me, writing something in the spirit of Halloween is like Mother Teresa writing on charity and sacrifice. It's just second nature to me.

Or certainly I would need time - which I would love to have but there almost never is on a film - to just spend a week with a roomful of guys laying down these patterns.

I'm so happy dancing while the grim reaper cuts, cuts, cuts, but he can't get me. I'm as clever as can be, and I'm very quick but don't forget; we've only got so many tricks. no one lives forever.

If there's one thing I really love... it's sad music.

The idea of performing some of Jack Skellington's songs from The Nightmare Before Christmas live for the very first time is immensely exciting.

I'm trying to interpret the film through the director's head, but it all comes out through me. So, a composer is kind of like a psychic medium.

You hear the beginning of a melody, you should kind of know it's going to lead down this path. It should start feeling like a friend, like familiar.

You have to write a good score that you feel good about. At least, you're supposed to. But, if the director hates it, it ain't going to be in the movie!

I don't see myself necessarily having a burning desire to write a symphony.

I would have to say I might do some stuff, but it's the film that's appealing. I was raised on film. My musical experience is all via film, it's not from classical music.

Your relationships will either empower you to overcome obstacles, or put fears in you so you can run away from them.

Smiling is a glorious pastime and should be encouraged - try it!

The wolf was sick he vowed a monk to be - But when he got well a wolf once more was he.

He who never leaves his country is full of prejudices.

The Spider as an Artist Has never been employed- Though his surpassing Merit Is freely certified.

We are all architects of faith, ever living in these walls of time.

Legislation is a matter of more or less intelligent improvisation aiming at palliating conditions by means of patchwork policies.

Even when there's pressure and distractions and expectations from others or myself, it's a good thing. It just makes me a better person. It makes me stronger.

For me, I sort of felt like it was kind of a fairytale... but an interesting one. I don't know of anybody who has had a romance quite like this, but I certainly know people who have stuck it out.

Interdependence is a choice only independent people can make