“I like to pace myself at about two minutes of music a day. With 'Water...” — James Newton Howard Quote

I like to pace myself at about two minutes of music a day. With 'Waterworld' it was closer to five minutes a day, which is uncomfortable and slightly terrifying.

Tchaikovsky was one of the great melody writers of all time.

I think to do anything out of one's comfort zone, there has to be some aspect of it that feels inspiring and challenging in a positive way.

Something different happened to me when I started to write music to images. It was a feeling of excitement and connection and a sense of being in the right place that I never had before.

Having a baby can tear people apart. But having Alba has brought us closer together. Jake absolutely loves fatherhood, he's the best dad.

My relationship with my sister is closer than white on rice.

People don't do the Macarena together. Or if they do, they do it to get closer, to get together. It's the same thing with the Electric Slide.

Anyone who says, 'Books don't change anything,' or - more commonly - that crime fiction is the wrong genre for promoting social change - should take a closer look.

Gospel music allows us to become closer to God and closer to each other.