The honest truth is that it was just traumatizing with the piano, with the authority of the piano teacher, getting rapped across the knuckles, and so whenever you put a piece of music in front of me, there's a Pavlovian… — 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 no television. And really, I very quickly realized that this was, you know, there was magic there, there… — 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 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 thing. Music… — 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 don't see… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
Inspired music arises from an inspired movie which arises from an inspired script. — 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
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 Image
All music is based in one way or the other, or influenced through the ages, on technology. — 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 ticking away… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
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 Image
