“If somebody tells you a rule, break it. That's the only way to move things forward.” — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
Inspired music arises from an inspired movie which arises from an inspired script. — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
If I play you a piece of music, that's when you can truly look inside me. — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
If you talk to any director, they'll say music is fifty percent of the movie. — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
All music is based in one way or the other, or influenced through the ages, on technology. — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
Anything can become a musical sound. The wind on telegraph wires is a great sound; get it into your machine and play… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
I want to go and write music that announces to you that you can feel something. I don’t want to tell you… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
I've never had a real job in my life. I didn't learn anything, I was terrible at school. It was just this… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
If something happened where I couldn't write music anymore, it would kill me. It's not just a job. It's not just a… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
If something happened where I couldnt write music anymore, it would kill me. Its not just a job. Its not just a… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
I think one of the things which always is forgotten in music class, is the first thing you have to do as… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
What's the point of getting up in the morning unless you're gonna have an adventure? As the moments of our life are… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
I have to give credit to Giorgio Moroder ; among the first to make us realize the importance of music in film. — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
The honest truth is that it was just traumatizing with the piano, with the authority of the piano teacher, getting rapped across… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
I'm a geek and I'm a nerd, and I can listen into any piece of music. I think, I can usually tell… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
I try to communicate with the musicians the way I communicate with the filmmakers. I'm not going to say to them, can… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
The first thing I think about is music, and the last thing I think about is music. I'm like some Monk. I… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
I loved this idea of always being a foreigner. There's this thing where people bring cultures, bring the music together. I love… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
Information is floating around really fast. I write something, or a piece of my music comes out and I see people writing… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
I grew up in a house full of music, and a house that didn't have a television. We had a piano, but… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
Electronic music lends itself to an abstract way of storytelling, so it keeps evolving. Theres a whole movement truly driving music further… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
I have all these computers and keyboards and synthesizers, and I rattle away. For instance, with The Lion King I wrote over… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
There's a power that movies and music has, that can move you and motivate you to look at your neighbor in a… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
'The Graduate' must be the best use of songs ever in a movie; it adds a layer to the movie you wouldn't… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
I'm homeless, in a funny way. My culture I think is completely rooted in German 19th century music I suppose. — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
The thing that hasn't changed, and I don't think will ever change, is that the operative word in music is "play." You… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
The challenge in scoring a sequel is, how do you not get bored? The only way around that one is to go, "Okay, let's… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share
I've never had a real job in my life. I didn't learn anything, I was terrible at school. It was just this thing. Music… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share
The first thing I think about is music, and the last thing I think about is music. I'm like some Monk. I don't see… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share
I wake up around noon, light a cigarette, get a cup of coffee, sit in the bathtub for an hour and daydream, and I… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share
I loved this idea of always being a foreigner. There's this thing where people bring cultures, bring the music together. I love it when… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share
Inspired music arises from an inspired movie which arises from an inspired script. — Hans Zimmer Copy Share
I have to give credit to Giorgio Moroder ; among the first to make us realize the importance of music in film. — Hans Zimmer Copy Share
I have all these computers and keyboards and synthesizers, and I rattle away. For instance, with The Lion King I wrote over four hours… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share
All music is based in one way or the other, or influenced through the ages, on technology. — Hans Zimmer Copy Share
What's the point of getting up in the morning unless you're gonna have an adventure? As the moments of our life are ticking away… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share
Having the great opportunity on a daily basis to sit in front of a blank page is terrifying, and at the same time really… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share
Electronic music lends itself to an abstract way of storytelling, so it keeps evolving. Theres a whole movement truly driving music further and there… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share
The writing gets done away from the keyboard and away from the studio in my head, in solitude. And then I come in and… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share
I'm a geek and I'm a nerd, and I can listen into any piece of music. I think, I can usually tell you what… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share
