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Songs sometimes are so connected to the sociology of the time.

There is a lot of melody and things that sound familiar in hundreds of songs.

I'm interested in music as an extension of character.

I have songs that define characters from each film of mine. It can be a song from that particular film or something that just goes with the wavelength of the film; you listen to it, and it gives you that rhythm. I can't articulate how it helps, but it somehow gives you an understanding of the character.

The study of music was a family interest.

I sometimes don't know what songs are about for several years after I've written them.

I prefer to hear an artist's work and what they can do, so as far as I'm concerned, I'd get a lot more out of a collection of songs to be able to understand what the musician is doing.

If you look at the content of songs people write, it's usually about the things they know best.

Songs are like movies to me, and so you put yourself in the movie. You become a character in the movie.

Music is a lens through which to see who we are. Every phrase of every piece of music is trying to tell a story.