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I've had those people very interested in my writing. Since I think of myself as a composer, I feel really good. I've had lots of guys call me up. I've gotten two or three commissions to write things. I've written lots of movie scores.

I am not one of the great composers. All the great have produced enormously. There is everything in their work - the best and the worst, but there is always quantity. But I have written relatively little.

Composers, like authors, have a lot in common. Our main goal is to connect with the listener emotionally.

I've always wanted to make music like people write plays, so I was inspired by writers as much as musicians.

I do a lot of performing, but don't get a chance to go to the studio and write good music.

I have so much music inside me I'm just trying to stay afloat. I don't tend to write for a particular band - you have to just write the songs and then let God into the room and let the music tell you what to do.

Songwriting is actually a really great outlet. I kind of recommend it. You get to sum up whatever is going on in your life in a song, then perform it really passionately.

I like writing for individuals with really rich musical personalities.