If I'm writing songs for a country-Western picture, I have to know about country music. — Henry Mancini Copy Share Image
You know, directors are funny people. They live with these movies for a year or more. And when you go in to… — Henry Mancini Copy Share Image
I don't usually take a picture if I don't like it. I have that choice. But some pictures I like more than… — Henry Mancini Copy Share Image
A good theme - like the 'Pink Panther' or 'Baby Elephant Walk' - can work all the way through the picture, which… — Henry Mancini Copy Share Image
When someone asks me to do a score, I look at the picture two or three times. I never watch the rushes… — Henry Mancini Copy Share Image
I'm usually the last man on the totem pole. Except for the sound effects and the final sound mix, the score is… — Henry Mancini Copy Share Image
If you're feeling fancy free, come wander through the world with me, and any place we chance to be, will be a rendezvous. Two… — Henry Mancini Copy Share
In 'Charade,' there was a big fight. George Kennedy was playing one of his first big heavy roles; he had a hook for a… — Henry Mancini Copy Share
Bassoon is not an easy instrument to play and to pick it up and play it like a flute or a saxophone is quite… — Henry Mancini Copy Share
I had no idea 'Moon River' would do so well. I was too busy working to think about it. — Henry Mancini Copy Share
When I play 'Newhart' in concert, it always gets a hand, right from the very beginning. To me, 'Newhart' is a hit. — Henry Mancini Copy Share
Some scenes cry out for a certain kind of treatment. The kind we're conditioned by years of film-watching to expect. — Henry Mancini Copy Share
I've done entire scores for I don't know how many films and series. I never kept track; I suppose it's up in the hundreds. — Henry Mancini Copy Share
I equate composing with orchestrating. I think my music in terms of an orchestra. — Henry Mancini Copy Share
Jazz is capable of doing much more than depicting the dope fiend and the drunk and the slinky gal. In our show there are… — Henry Mancini Copy Share
People love to hear a guy who is really good on his instrument. They love to watch him go. — Henry Mancini Copy Share
I'm no songwriter because all of my popular songs have just been outgrowths of themes for the various pictures. — Henry Mancini Copy Share
