The Spirit is a kind of postmodern loner hero. He comes from nowhere; he has no real relationship to anything.

People who go to concerts hear Beethoven's symphonies hundreds of times, but 'Star Trek' is recorded, so it's not played all the time.

There's a thing about film composing and conducting in my family.

Film music has a great history of composers and performers.

We had a normal childhood. I played baseball, and we played violin in orchestras three times a week. I learned more from that than anything else.

We went to a very liberal Episcopalian church. It didn't take for me.