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In so many musicals today, the story is moved forward by a song. I don't think we're gonna try to do that.

When I write, I don't have any expectation of what kind of song it will become or who it might reach.

I never set out to write songs about the world around me... it just kind of came about as a result of paying more attention to things.

Maybe some people have written us off, but I think the new music today has also invigorated us.

I tend to score with songs from Western pop music.

You've got to realize. In the western world, regardless of what color you are, what title the music is, it's all played by the same notes.

I'm just a consequence of the great musical momentum and the great changes we are going through in the world.

If I wanted to change the world, the last thing I would do is write a play.

I'll probably always write film scores. It's the one place where a composer has almost unlimited resources at his beck and call. When music you have written works well in a film, nothing can beat it.

When the truth is that there would be no great Western music, and certainly no decent choral repertoire, without the Catholic faith.