I've done entire scores for I don't know how many films and series. I never kept track; I suppose it's up in the hundreds.

The great thing about a record is it frees your imagination; it gives your eyes a rest and lets your mind wander. There's the special thing that each record can mean a different thing to every person listening to it.

I score everything by hand on manuscript paper and then make copies.

I never dated much.

I've raised my girls in a sort of genderless fashion. I mean, I'll take them to get their nails done - I actually love doing that - but I also play ball with them. As a result, my girls are tough and athletic and game for everything.

I don't really find girls to be any more dramatic or delicate than boys; I've known plenty of little boys who've had miserable breakdowns over things... in fact, I was one of them!

I get terrible reviews everywhere I go.

Golf is good, it means I get some fresh air and exercise, take my mind off work and see some of the landscape of the place I'm visiting.

I'm not a big goal guy.

I have those dreams that you can't put into words.

I have done songs here and there. But I have never scored a film. That is something I would like to do at some point.

I have worked with Habitat for Humanity for awhile.

It is really rare to find someone you really, really love and that you want to spend your life with and all that stuff that goes along with being married.

I don't want to say the same lines every night.

All the satisfaction I need... comes when I step out onstage and see the people. That's awesome. I love that.

I like my life.

You hear about these guys having midlife crises - I don't see that happening to me.

I don't ever feel the need to escape.

Not everybody gets to record with an orchestra, and not everybody that gets to record with an orchestra gets to write all their own stuff.

I had tons of friends, played ball with my friends on the street, and did the normal things.

I just liked the feeling of being on stage.

You can't have a perfect show every time.

You know, I feel as comfortable in an uncomfortable situation as I do when things are going smoothly.

I'm really boring, man. Like, I'm really dull. And I think people may think that I have this glamorous, fun lifestyle, but it's pretty dull. But that's what I like.