If you look at the example of either television or radio and how long it took to get the spread of those media, the Internet is happening now. Revolution is going on here.

That's a perfect example of what happens when you marry television and music badly. It's not what ALICE was ever about.

Let me give you an example, ... I worked at a television station in Minneapolis back in the 1980s and part of the 1990s. During our first years there, our two boys got in fights at school. You know what caused it? Some of the kids assumed that if we were from the South, we were members of the (Ku Klux) Klan.

Hit television show American Idol is the perfect example of this. Thousands of hopefuls sing their heart out (sometimes very badly) for a shot at the brass ring of fame. Now, it looks like all you have to do is log on to eBay and make a bid.

When we make films, the approach we take is visually different. The angles we use, for example, that all fold in with the music. The advantage we have is that I begin scoring inside my head when I'm thinking what the mood will be, and how I'm shooting will play off of that.

He's a terrific leader who barely says a thing; he leads more by example and is one of the hardest working kids we have.