The sound and music are 50% of the entertainment in a movie.

I figured if I got posters and T-shirts and things with the name of the movie on it, it would help promote the movie. The whole idea that licensing would be a revenue stream didn't occur to anybody.

Football games are on TV, and it doesn't affect stadium attendance at all. It's the same with movies. People who really love movies and like to go out on a Saturday night will go to the movie theater.

I was afraid that science-fiction buffs and everybody would say things like, 'You know, there's no sound in outer space.'

The secret to the movie business, or any business, is to get a good education in a subject besides film - whether it's history, psychology, economics, or architecture - so you have something to make a movie about. All the skill in the world isn't going to help you unless you have something to say.

That's what music is entertainment. The more you put yourself into it, the more of you comes out in it.