Poetry is composing for the breath.

Ah reality TV: where opportunists delight in exposing opportunism! It's kind of like the indie music scene.

I've been composing music all my life and if I'd been clever enough at school I would like to have gone to music college.

No candidate can win a presidential race advocating gay marriage and opposing the military action in Iraq.

On both 'The Bachelor' and 'The Bachelorette ' it seems like proposing marriage is equivalent to saying 'Let's date.' Everyone knows those aren't the same things.

Composing gives me a chance to work in multiple dimensions and helps me pare down my melodies into what is essential. Learning new skills has always energized me and scoring has opened up a world of sonic possibilities.

Breaking into a system or exposing its weaknesses is a good thing because truth and knowledge must win out.

Religion can make it worse. Are you supposing that if people were encouraged to believe in a transcendent reality and to be encouraged by grand rituals and music and preaching to love their neighbors then they would put jealousy and frustration aside?

While it is true that Frank had a great sense of humor he was also very serious about composing music. In reality there are only a handful of skilled players who can play his most complex pieces. It takes a lot of patience to learn and requires a fantastic memory.

It is my fervent hope and prayer that by exposing my mistakes and by pointing out the things that were a part of my early life some who might be following the same paths might not make those same mistakes.