Carter Burwell Quotes

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• Death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it inordinate help.

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  Death, Giving, Our Society

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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 good for my health, but it definitely helps.

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  Sleep, People, May

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• Music is the subliminal connecting adhesive in film, or at least in narrative feature films.

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  Adhesive, Narrative, Film

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• 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 the relationship between the sound and the image is unique.

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  Unique, Voice, Musical

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• How does my music connect to an audience? That is just a complete mystery to me.

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  Doe, Mystery, Audience

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• I think I've only done one horror movie, Psycho III. That was a walk in the park compared to a romantic comedy.

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  Movie, Thinking, Actors

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• I don't personally see my work as being dark. What interests me is a balance between light and dark.

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  Dark, Light, Balance

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• 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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  Children, Kids, Piano

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• John Barry was my hero when I was about 13. His scores to the James Bond movies were the scores of my life back then.

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  Hero, Ties, Score

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• If not bliss, ignorance can at least be fun.

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  Fun, Ignorance, Bliss

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• Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very much to my taste.

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  Views, Taste, Sides

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• I like business and personal life to be distinct.

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  Hygiene, Personal Life

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• Big Sur is at the end of the continent. It attracts really crazy people.

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  Crazy, People, Big Sur

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• I write music to please myself. Hopefully the director's enjoying it too.

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  Writing, Directors, Enjoy

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• John Barry was the first film composer I was aware of. As a teenager I owned several of his Bond soundtracks.

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  Teenager, Firsts, Film

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• Learning how to improvise really awakened my interest in music.

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  Interest, Awakened

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• I have always loved Scottish music - all sorts of Celtic, Gaelic music.

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  Scottish, Gaelic, Celtic

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• The jarring change going from an urban environment to an extremely remote natural environment is extremely inspiring. It's constantly stimulating, it's like a slap in the face.

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  Inspiring, Environmental, Faces

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• I almost never try to make the audience comfortable. I wouldn't want that if I were in the audience.

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  Trying, Want, Audience

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• All my music is very simple in that melody is usually clearly stated.

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  Simple, Music Is, Melody

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• 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 subject matter.

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  Matter, Towns, Los Angeles

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• I like the fact that New York looks a bit backwards, toward the Old World, rather than resolutely forwards.

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  New York, Looks, World

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• If someone suddenly lost their director the day before shooting and wanted me to step in, I'd be willing to. But I'd do brain surgery the same way. I'm always up for something new.

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  Brain, Directors, Shooting

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• 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 it that I was able to grasp simply by watching conductors.

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  Missing, Cuffs, Able

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• There is not much irony when people are being happy on screen.

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  Being Happy, People, Irony

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