Now anybody can make music at home, and you can hear music on any computer without having to buy it. Everything is apparently better with all the machines we have now, but at the same time, the quality of life is not improving.
I grew up partially with classical music but listened to a lot of rock when I was young - I like acoustic, and folk from Mali and Armenia and Turkey.
I love to go to the bar close by for a good espresso and have a chat with the bartender.
Sometimes you cannot produce a specific sound you want with, say, a guitar or piano, and you simply need to use electronic elements.
I love to explore melody.
I was a teenager, and I started to go to high school, and it was a disaster!
It's very interesting to see how the music is used, as sometimes you have composed something with a very different intention, and then suddenly you see it connected to something different. For example, it was incredibly strong and beautiful the first time I saw 'This Is England' by Shane Meadows.
Being invited to score for 'Black Swan' was a real honour. To have my work form part of such an amazing film is something I am very proud of.
I discovered that I didn't want to be strict like a German composer.
I think it's normal that for a part of your life you have a lot of questions, and you're interested in all possible theories.
I spent one year being very poor at home with my piano, and nobody was calling me, but I had space to think about things on my own and find out exactly what I wanted to do.
As a composer, it is a great thrill for me to have an album in the top 15 of the pop charts.
I am compared to other classical musicians, but most of them perform songs from other people, and most of those composers belong to another era.
I'm a living composer, so I think I just write and compose the music of my time. I'm not saying that I am better than anyone in the past, but I am saying that I may have evolved some emotions that have connected with the people that are living on the planet today with me.
It is important that we understand the importance of the Arctic, stop the process of destruction, and protect it.
The Arctic Ocean is completely unprotected, so technically, people can do with it whatever they like.
I love The Edge's guitar style; it is unique. There is an ancient world resonating in his guitar sound.
You can create something strong in art with a few notes. It is like how Aboriginal drawings have a simplicity that is incredibly rich.
'Uptown Funk' has all the ingredients of the funk that I love.
It is very important to have connection with your soul and open your heart to people.
