Cliff Martinez Quotes

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• I live in Topanga Canyon, which is like a faux-rustic enclave in Los Angeles. I love the sounds of all the critters outside - the…
• Composing demands a degree of isolation.
• I guess I'd like to have my cake and eat it, too. I want to be known for having a recognizable style. I believe having…
• For me, the work begins with a rough cut of the film. I can't do much with the script. I've tried to write music to…
• I don't want to be typecast as the 'ambient guy' or someone who only does electronic scores. I think most of the work that comes…
• The more I come to understand music, the more I feel like a numbskull because there is always more to learn.
• Pop music is a fashion, and fashions come and go. The public retires you as their tastes change.
• I got fed up with being in bands. I spent a couple of years touring the country in a smoked filled band, doing lots of…
• I know so few people who actually give music their undivided attention, so I've been trying to just park myself on the couch between the…
• I was in the Chilli Peppers at the time and I asked myself, would I be able to wear a sock on my genitals at…
• I work at home but average 15,000 to 18,000 miles per year on my Honda.
• I want to be known for having a recognizable style. I believe having your own personal identity is what makes you competitive. On the other…
• I think music will be created algorhythmically, all the things that we do will be boiled down to a little computer program.
• I've always been very left of center and the radio never had much diversity and film did.

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