I enjoy the kind of characters that allow you to write the dark stuff. I love Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky, and when I'm writing for Dracula or Jekyll & Hyde, I get a chance to use that vocabulary.

The music takes on all different jobs and hopefully is part of telling the story. Each song has to be a story unto itself. It's a very different set of muscles.

I feel my work is a success in so far as I get to wake up every morning and do what I love to do more than anything in the world.

If my life is not crazy and complicated, then something's wrong. I'm happiest when it is, and the fact of the matter is, it's what keeps me fresh.

When you are writing for an artist you are trying to get into that artist's point of view. What does that artist want to say? What do they care about? And musically, you want to show off that artist.

The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.

End is not the End, in fact, E.N.D means "Effort Never Dies".

DANWhat do you want?ALICETo be loved.DANThat simple?ALICE It's a big want.

Middle age is when you have met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else and usually is.

Man is the matter of the cosmos, contemplating itself.

Learning the secrets and skill of great No.2s remains the surest path to becoming No. 1.

Police work wouldn't be possible without coffee.

This ain't fun. But you watch me, I'll get it done.

I got my style from a lot of different people, even my style of reading, even Johnny Carson inspired me.

In meditation, you learn how to get out of your own way long enough for there to be room for your wisdom to manifest