Song Quotes by Henry Mancini

Sometimes memorable music doesn't necessarily have to be a hit.

— Henry Mancini

Basically, I'm a melodic writer.

— Henry Mancini

I play a very streamlined piano.

— Henry Mancini

My father started me out on the flute and I began going to teachers.

— Henry Mancini

Music forced into the air you breathe is an invasion of privacy!

— Henry Mancini

I don't think I've ever spent more than an hour on any one song, but that doesn't count the thinking that goes…

— Henry Mancini

I don't know if I've ever written a song that wasn't on assignment.

— Henry Mancini

I used to raise the devil when my father made me practice the flute and my mother made me take piano lessons.

— Henry Mancini

I try to change my concert program every couple of years - hopefully to keep my listeners interested.

— Henry Mancini

I'm no songwriter because all of my popular songs have just been outgrowths of themes for the various pictures.

— Henry Mancini

If I'm writing songs for a country-Western picture, I have to know about country music.

— Henry Mancini

I've never gone to a singer with a song and said 'why don't you try this?' or tried to get a record…

— Henry Mancini

My father was a steelworker who'd come over from Abruzzi, in Italy. He played in the band and he encouraged me to…

— Henry Mancini

Jazz is capable of doing much more than depicting the dope fiend and the drunk and the slinky gal. In our show…

— Henry Mancini

Quite a few of The Rolling Stones records have had a great honesty about them. In fact, I would put them side-by-side…

— Henry Mancini