Life, woman, life is God's most precious gift; no principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it.
Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is.
Although I enjoyed writing Film Music it was always a means to an end, in that it enabled me to keep a wife and family and write my classical music, which has always been my passion.
Although, I am proud of all my Symphonies as they all have something special to say, my particular favourite is the Fifth. As the great Mahler expert Donald Mitchell said that if Mahler had written another Symphony, it would have been my Fifth!
I would say I'm pro-choice only because I don't feel that it's right that anybody in this world puts restrictions on anyone.
You could have a lot of money at your fingertips, the finest education and intellectual knowledge, but if you are governed by fear none of that will matter. You will remain tied to dead ideas and stale strategies. You will not be able to adapt. You will lose what you have.
I doubt most people could survive being defined by the least advisable sexual encounter they've engaged in.
Television is full of fictional and real violence that's turned into entertainment.