Carter Burwell Quotes

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• I'm one of those people who is actually inspired by a deadline. I might not sleep for many days on end, it may not be…
• I think being a little nuts is helpful.
• I think I've only done one horror movie, Psycho III. That was a walk in the park compared to a romantic comedy.
• All my music is very simple in that melody is usually clearly stated.
• Conducting, I tried it once off the cuff, and quickly realized there were subtle aspects that I was missing. There is a lot more to…
• Los Angeles is an industry town, and it has great facilities and personnel. The disadvantage is that everyone there seems to talk about the same…
• If not bliss, ignorance can at least be fun.
• In mainstream romantic comedies, I'm usually tearing my hair out. It's just a devastatingly difficult genre for me.
• I just love the sheer mess of New York.
• I would like to do a science fiction film some day. Star Wars seems really to have destroyed the genre, which at one time offered…
• A carefree quality is a whole aspect of life that I will never understand. I don't think I have ever been carefree and can't see…
• Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very much to my taste.
• Big Sur is at the end of the continent. It attracts really crazy people.
• I dont find myself lobbying for projects. Filmmakers almost always come to me.
• Carefully execute every instruction given to you by the director, producer, and studio. But that would be a life not worth living.
• Connection is what one is after in probably most media, but certainly in film, which is an immersive medium.
• Hopefully each film can be given a musical voice of its own, which is not to say that the instrumentation is always unique, but that…
• How does my music connect to an audience? That is just a complete mystery to me.
• I have always loved Scottish music - all sorts of Celtic, Gaelic music.
• I had piano lessons when I was a kid, like most people. And hated them, like most people. And quit, like most people.

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