Carter Burwell
Quotations
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“Death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it inordinate help.” -Carter Burwell
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“I would like to do a science fiction film some day. Star Wars seems really to have destroyed the genre, which at one time offered great musical opportunities.” -Carter Burwell
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“In mainstream romantic comedies, I’m usually tearing my hair out. It’s just a devastatingly difficult genre for me.” -Carter Burwell
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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.” -Carter Burwell
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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.” -Carter Burwell
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“Learning how to improvise really awakened my interest in music.” -Carter Burwell
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“The flow of Guiness into the studio was inspirational as well as nutritive.” -Carter Burwell
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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.” -Carter Burwell
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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.” -Carter Burwell
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“Death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it inordinate help.” -Carter Burwell
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