James Horner Quotes
The music's job is to get the audience so involved that they forget how the movie turns out.
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I think I've had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records. I think I'm that guy. I'm still blessed with the opportunity to make music and pass out a message like, 'Life is good,' to the world.
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The idea of music is to liberate the listener and lead him to a frame where he feels he is elevated.
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Adam Sandler is a remarkable movie brand.
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I want to find a nice decent job as a helicopter pilot.
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If you can make a character likable that's not very nice, that's the challenge of the job.
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My father was always playing the piano. He played all kinds of music - Gershwin, all kinds of stuff.
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Boxing is a sport. We allow each other to hit each other, but I'm not treating my opponent like my enemy. We're doing a job to entertain people.
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I'm all about telling stories. I like people to picture the music video in their head when they're just listening to the song.
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Most of my early records were not cohesive at all, just collections of demos recorded in different years. 'Odelay' was the first time I actually got to go in the studio and record a piece of music in a continuous linear fashion, although that was written over a year.
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DeNiro did a good job playing a catcher in 'Bang the Drum Slowly,' but he's great in everything he does.
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The perfect day for me is waking up and having a cup of tea with my kids before I drive them to school; Then, I go into the studio and try and write some music for three or four hours and give up about noon.
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I want to be in control of how my music is released and how I create it. What people don't talk about when they talk about major labels is how many artists get dropped or funding gets dropped when they don't recoup quick enough.
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The music business is one of a few places where everything you've heard about it seems entirely cliche, but it's true.
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The opera is to music what a bawdy house is to a cathedral.
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Having a lot of people suddenly depending on me to get the job done was a marvelous motivator. The book and movie deals seemed to flip a switch in my head, and off I went.
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I quit high school on my birthday. It was my senior year and I didn't see the point. This was 1962, and I was ready to make music.
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I don't listen to music, actually. Obviously I go to clubs; I stand in elevators; a lot of my friends are musicians; I hear music all the time. But I don't have my own collection of music.
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I love music and I love musicians and when I hear something that's great, I always say it's like you go to a movie and you can't wait to tell your friends about it.
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I feel 'Britannia High' is aimed at an older audience than 'High School Musical.' 'Britannia High' is more of a serious drama, with the music and dance on top.
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Today's kids aren't taking up arms against their parents; they're too busy texting them.
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African-Americans are not a monolithic group. So, we tend to talk about the black community, the black culture, the African-American television viewing audience, but there are just as many facets of us as there are other cultures.
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It is true that a fellow cannot ignore women - but he can think of them as he ought - as sisters, not as sparring partners.
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As an actor, you'll have ten parts in 2015 - eight of them will go to the other actors above you and two of them you might be close to, and you try to make them as good as you can.
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The music's job is to get the audience so involved that they forget how the movie turns out.
