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

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

Carter Burwell quotes: I don't find myself lobbying for projects. Filmmakers almost always come to me.

I don't find myself lobbying for projects. Filmmakers almost always come to me.

Carter Burwell quotes: Connection is what one is after in probably most media, but certainly in film, which is an immersive medium.

Connection is what one is after in probably most media, but certainly in film, which is an immersive medium.

Carter Burwell quotes: A carefree quality is a whole aspect of life that I will never understand. I don't think I have ever been carefree and can't see the pleasure of it.

A carefree quality is a whole aspect of life that I will never understand. I don't think I have ever been carefree and can't see the pleasure of it.

Carter Burwell quotes: All my music is very simple in that melody is usually clearly stated.

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

Carter Burwell quotes: I prefer a life in which we don't take ourselves too seriously.

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

Carter Burwell quotes: Big Sur is at the end of the continent. It attracts really crazy people.

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

Carter Burwell quotes: Performing written music, even when I've written it, is not very interesting to me.

Performing written music, even when I've written it, is not very interesting to me.

Carter Burwell quotes: Even if I went off to some other career, I hope I would still be doing Coen films.

Even if I went off to some other career, I hope I would still be doing Coen films.

Carter Burwell quotes: I write music to please myself. Hopefully the director's enjoying it too.

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

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

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

Carter Burwell quotes: I don't generally find myself listening to the music of a film unless there's something awfully wrong with it.

I don't generally find myself listening to the music of a film unless there's something awfully wrong with it.

Carter Burwell quotes: I almost never try to make the audience comfortable. I wouldn't want that if I were in the audience.

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

Carter Burwell quotes: There is not much irony when people are being happy on screen.

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

Carter Burwell quotes: Music is the subliminal connecting adhesive in film, or at least in narrative feature films.

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

Carter Burwell quotes: Carefully execute every instruction given to you by the director, producer, and studio. But that would be a life not worth living.

Carefully execute every instruction given to you by the director, producer, and studio. But that would be a life not worth living.

Carter Burwell quotes: 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.

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 quotes: If not bliss, ignorance can at least be fun.

If not bliss, ignorance can at least be fun.

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

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

Carter Burwell quotes: Death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it inordinate help.

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

Carter Burwell quotes: When the systems we expect to help us actually hurt us, we have tragedy.

When the systems we expect to help us actually hurt us, we have tragedy.

Carter Burwell quotes: I have always loved Scottish music - all sorts of Celtic, Gaelic music.

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

Carter Burwell quotes: I just love the sheer mess of New York.

I just love the sheer mess of New York.

Carter Burwell quotes: The flow of Guiness into the studio was inspirational as well as nutritive.

The flow of Guiness into the studio was inspirational as well as nutritive.

Carter Burwell quotes: I think being a little nuts is helpful.

I think being a little nuts is helpful.

Carter Burwell quotes: I had piano lessons when I was a kid, like most people. And hated them, like most people. And quit, like most people.

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

Carter Burwell quotes: How does my music connect to an audience? That is just a complete mystery to me.

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

Carter Burwell quotes: In mainstream romantic comedies, I'm usually tearing my hair out. It's just a devastatingly difficult genre for me.

In mainstream romantic comedies, I'm usually tearing my hair out. It's just a devastatingly difficult genre for me.

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

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

I like business and personal life to be distinct.

Carter Burwell quotes: John Barry was the first film composer I was aware of. As a teenager I owned several of his Bond soundtracks.

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

Carter Burwell quotes: Learning how to improvise really awakened my interest in music.

Learning how to improvise really awakened my interest in music.