I was working all the time I was in college. I was working so much that I could hardly do my college work.

Any good music must be an innovation.

I'm not an intellectual composer.

I write emotional music.

Under my contract with Capitol, I have complete freedom to do just about anything I want in my own way.

Regardless of who originally made it popular, any hit song becomes a challenge to the ingenuity and imagination of other musicians and performers.

I aim my arrangements at what will fit and colorfully frame the song in the best way possible.

I did the Broadway album unfortunately in a year when there were no hits.

I love doing concert music.

When I want 30 musicians in the orchestra, I get 30.

That was when the Spanish came in and conquered the Aztecs. I thought that was a clever thing.

Any conscious or unconscious thought, love, or actions will bring more energy in your life.

Out of suffering comes creativity

There's no future in stories...Stories are things of the past, things for museums.

I've heard some of Victoria's new album and it's frightening.

Dakota Fanning is a child, but she is a wonderful actor. I don't know what a child actor is. She's an actor who's a child.

Art for art's sake is an empty phrase. Art for the sake of truth, art for the sake of the good and the beautiful, that is the faith I am searching for.

Life is about opportunities, creating them and embracing them, and for me, that was the Olympic dream. That's what defined me. That was my bliss.

I believe the sovereign God of the universe justifies us freely, and then we are called to run with him in sanctification.

You can't honour someone by copying them or trying to be exactly like them.

We can see how the role of mobile has changed in past 20 years. It is a perfect example of how one innovation can change an entire era.