Normally I Can Balance Two Or Three

I Don't Think They Understand It's As Important As Math And Science. It Rounds You Out As A Person. I Think It Gives You A Love Of Certain Things. You Don't Have To Become The Next Great Composer. It's Just Nice To Have Heard Certain Things Or To Have Seen Certain Things. It's Part Of Being A Human Being.

Normally I Can Balance Two Or Three Things. The Problem Is When You're Out Of Work And Don't Have Anything To Balance. I Think People Assume You're Always Busy. You Go Through Dry Spells.

As I Get Older, I'm Slowing Down And, Yes, Calming Down In My Desire To Be Taken Seriously. That I Can Be Entertaining And Funny And High Nervous Energy Can Work Against Me As A Serious Composer, Slowly But Surely You'll See Me Be Quieter Just So That People Will Listen.

I Think That When Nasa Works On A Moon Shot, They Know Too Well That All Of The People Working On It Must Do Their Job At 110 Percent. Sometimes They Probably Put In 18 Hour Days, But They're Aiming For The Moon, And That's What Counts

Let's Say Music Is Needed For Only 43 Seconds Of Film. You Have To Score It So It Is An Entity, So It Won't Bother Anyone When It Ends So Quickly. Or If A Song Runs 2 Minutes And 45 Seconds, But The Titles Run A Minute Longer, You Have To Arrange That Song So It Doesn't Get Repetitious.