Notes are part of life for any composer for hire. There's no way around it. I think anyone who has done even a small number of films as a professional composer gets used to that idea pretty quickly.

I was just trying to fit in to the stereotype American dream, exactly what my parents and everyone expected of me, i met someone who's -- who's awesome, you know, we got along good.

Each film does bring a new set of personalities and it can turn out great or it can turn out not great.

...if that Watergate case ever gets into court, he might get very nervous.

Be your OWN celebrity!

There are some fights none of us can win.

The thoughts of others Were light and fleeting, Of lovers' meeting Or luck or fame. Mine were of trouble, And mine were steady; So I was ready When trouble came.

The first law of sustainability: population growth and/or growth in the rate of consumption of resources cannot be sustained

Progress needs the brakeman, but the brakeman should not spend all his time putting on the brakes.

For if we take the ages into our account, may there not be a civilization going on among brutes as well as men?

Everyone knows rock n' roll attained perfection in 1974. It's a scientific fact.

I'm working toward a CD that will have all of you dancing like crazy.

If you are creative, you get busier as you get older.