And I Liked That Whole Idea That

I Wanted To Make A Comment On The Obsession With Success And Failure That We See A Lot In America.

You Will Never Know The Exquisite Pain Of The Guy Who Goes Home Alone. Cause Without The Bitter, Baby, The Sweet Ain't As Sweet.

Sometimes Things You Write Are Messages To Yourself. Even Though I Think My Stuff Has A Particular Voice Because You Are Who You Are, It's Good To Switch It Up, Professionally And Personally. The Dare To Be Great Situation Is Always Going To Be The One That Matters The Most.

Conception Of A Film Starts With The Music. Always. I Hear The Movie Before I Can Ever Write It. I Would Say That 80% Of The Time, That's The Successful Stuff. It's The Other Stuff I Have To Work For To Get Right, And Sometimes It Doesn't Work Out, But The Music Is Always The Beginning. So I'm Still A Music Journalist.

Be Positive, Be Positive. It's Rough Out There, But Don't Succumb. Don't Succumb To The Cynicism In The World.