Carter Burwell Quotes

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.

Carter Burwell

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• I had a really good time with Martha Stewart, who also is somebody I really admire a lot. I've learned a lot from her and I think all of America has, about attention to detail and using fresh ingredients and making things beautiful and special.

  

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• Listen, I'm a sweet guy. I'm just intense at work. I have nothing but the end result in mind. My entire career has been like that.

  

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• When you write, you write out of your best self. Everything else drops away.

  

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• God is my homeboy. Jesus is my homeboy.

  

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• I use music to focus, like an internal motor.

  

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• One of the things I want to do as an artist is to connect generations.

  

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• I don't want to live in a culture of despair. I'd like to live in a culture of hope.

  

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• Though it is perhaps expected for the bishop of Rome to warn against the idolatry of money, what is striking is how Francis suggests that not only God but also secular politics must outrank economic imperatives.

  

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• Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the foundation upon which sincere and meaningful repentance must be built. If we truly seek to put away sin, we must first look to Him who is the Author of our salvation.

  

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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.

  

  Carter Burwell
  • Environment
  • Natural
  • Inspiring