It's important for a young black kid to see a Mexican hero, just to know that we're all equal.

To me, when something is classic, whether it came out today or thirty years ago, it falls all in the same pot.

Blaxploitation films were black films targeting black people. They were films made to appeal to a culture in a way that was supposed to be unfiltered.

What really, really inspires me is that you don't see many black superheroes on television.

When you're composing for somebody, that means you have a boss. You have to do what it takes to, at the end of the day, appease them.

The easy answer is to say that it's a part for black people to see black heroes, but to me it's important to young Mexican kids to see a black hero.

It's important to the world to see superheroes that are spread across our demographic.

When you get above the line, you're above the line. So my thing is I just want to make music where I am always above that line.

I try to make classics. I don't try to make things that aren't good. It's always a pleasure to see that people care about the kind of music I'm making.

When people score films, the job is to be visual. When people make music, it's about evoking feeling. It's great when you get both feelings and being out of their head.

I don't have any computers in my studio, it's all analog tape. All analog tape, all old equipment, I mean my mics are like from the 60's and early 70's, everything in there is old.

Lying is never the best option, but in some situations it is necessary.

Since that night I have come to understand that sometimes the best families of all are those we create ourselves, the people we choose to be with.

Do not get lost in the flow of reality.

You are the biggest enemy of your own sleep.

I only had access to him when we were together in the library, and I loved them both -the library and my father- equally and without question.

Ever since I was a little girl, I wanted Valentino to design my wedding dress. Valentino is the definition of timeless elegance. I don't think there's another couture house like it.

To better avoid errors, you should talk to people who disagree with you and you should talk to people who are not in the same emotional situation you are.

The conventionality of the English is something I find unattractive - the whole lack of joy in the physical.

I've never had to work out of the arts. I've always either been a writer or an editor, or something where I've made my living from doing what I love. You can't get any better than that.

Every reform means awakening. Once truly awakened, the nation will not be satisfied with reform only in one department of life.