--- title: "Best Danny Elfman Quotes" description: "Daniel Robert Elfman is an American film composer, singer, songwriter, and musician. He came to prominence as the lead vocalist and primary songwriter f..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-danny-elfman-26708.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Danny Elfman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-danny-elfman-26708.jpg) # Danny Elfman (1953) Singer United States **45** quotes in **384** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Danny Elfman is a singer from the United States, best known for *Alice in Wonderland*. ## Quick Facts About Danny Elfman Born May 29, 1953 Nationality United States Profession Singer Notable works Alice in Wonderland Spouse Bridget Fonda ## About Danny Elfman Daniel Robert Elfman is an American film composer, singer, songwriter, and musician. He came to prominence as the lead vocalist and primary songwriter for the new wave band Oingo Boingo in the early 1980s. Since scoring his first studio film in 1985, Elfman has garnered international recognition for composing over 100 feature film scores as well as compositions for television, stage productions, and the concert hall. ## Awards & Honors Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction Disney Legends Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music ## Quotes by Danny Elfman · Page 2 > [Sometimes I like them artificial and sometimes I like them real. And the reason is because sometimes I like a real close…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-elfman/sometimes-i-like-them-artificial-and-sometimes-i-like-them-real-and/) [Danny Elfman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-elfman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92e/danny-elfman-14732_artificial_sometimes-i-like-them-artificial-and-som_2204779.png) > [You're allowed to rip-off another score so close that it's ridiculous. In my opinion it's ridiculous, how closely one can just rip-off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-elfman/you-re-allowed-to-rip-off-another-score-so-close-that-it-s-ridiculous/) [Danny Elfman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-elfman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c65/danny-elfman-14732_allowed_you-re-allowed-to-rip-off-another-score_260652.png) > [It's just hard. I wish the studios felt there was more value in these themes and these pieces of material - that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-elfman/it-s-just-hard-i-wish-the-studios-felt-there-was-more-value-in-these/) [Danny Elfman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-elfman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cec/danny-elfman-14732_because_it-s-just-hard-i-wish-the-studios-felt-t_2607931.jpg) > [So, it becomes an exercise in futility if you write something that does not express the film as the director wishes. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-elfman/so-it-becomes-an-exercise-in-futility-if-you-write-something-that/) [Danny Elfman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-elfman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b74/danny-elfman-14732_ball-game_so-it-becomes-an-exercise-in-futility-if_2548372.png) > [So I've learned in the past, if a company approaches me and they want something like this, or something like that that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-elfman/so-i-ve-learned-in-the-past-if-a-company-approaches-me-and-they-want/) [Danny Elfman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-elfman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76b/danny-elfman-14732_anyhow_so-i-ve-learned-in-the-past-if-a-company_549062.jpg) ## Danny Elfman by topic [Film (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/danny-elfman/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-elfman/#itemlist", "name": "Danny Elfman Quotes", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sometimes I like them artificial and sometimes I like them real. 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