Science fiction is an amazing literature: plot elements that you would think would be completely worn out by now keep changing into surprising new forms.

New York is the coolest city. The place just never sleeps. It’s amazing.

I would love to work with Anthony Hopkins I would love to work with Meryl Streep I would love to work with DeNiro I would love to work with Johnny Depp I’d love to work with Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow… I think she’s amazing.

Some people are born with a brain that has this weird, magical mathematical thing that makes them an amazing jazz musician.

It’s just amazing that there are so many prejudices even now.

Well, Freddie Mercury is a really huge rock star in my head. I’ve always thought he was just so tough and such an amazing entertainer, really a contradiction in many ways as well. So he was incredible.

It’s amazing how fast generations lose sight of other generations. One of the first things the young composers who come to work with me say is that they want to write music people will like, instead of gaining their credentials by being rejected by the audience.

That’s double-edged: it’s amazing that they’re bringing me in and showing people new ideas, and at the same time it’s a little hard because seventy percent of the time or even higher I’m not going to get those roles.

The best player I’ve ever played with was Paul Gascoigne. He had everything. He was amazing.