Quotes Carter Burwell

A carefree quality is a whole aspect of life that I will nev...

All my music is very simple in that melody is usually clearl...

Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death...

Big Sur is at the end of the continent. It attracts really c...

Carefully execute every instruction given to you by the dire...

Conducting, I tried it once off the cuff, and quickly realiz...

Connection is what one is after in probably most media, but ...

Death is always around the corner, but often our society giv...

Even if I went off to some other career, I hope I would stil...

Hopefully each film can be given a musical voice of its own,...

How does my music connect to an audience? That is just a com...

I almost never try to make the audience comfortable. I would...

I don't find myself lobbying for projects. Filmmakers almost...

I don't generally find myself listening to the music of a fi...

I don't personally see my work as being dark. What interests...

I had piano lessons when I was a kid, like most people. And ...

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

I just love the sheer mess of New York....

I like business and personal life to be distinct....

I like the fact that New York looks a bit backwards, toward ...

I prefer a life in which we don't take ourselves too serious...

I think being a little nuts is helpful....

I think I've only done one horror movie, Psycho III. That wa...

I would like to do a science fiction film some day. Star War...

I write music to please myself. Hopefully the director's enj...