Hans Zimmer Quotes

Anything can become a musical sound. The wind on telegraph wires is a great sound; get it into your machine and play it and it becomes interesting.

All music is based in one way or the other, or influenced through the ages, on technology.

When I was 13, when I was 14, when I was in England, yeah all I wanted to do was go and see The Who, go and see The Stones.

Why get up in the morning unless you're going to have an adventure?

I get all my good ideas sort of at one o' clock in the morning, and I tried for a while to behave like normal people.

Get rid of the shitty sound. Life's too short.

When all you've got is nothing, there's a lot to go around.

Hollywood allows you to go and express yourself.

I've never had a real job in my life. I didn't learn anything, I was terrible at school. It was just this thing. Music was all I wanted to do.

You're going to fail a few times, because that is the only time you actually learn something.

Inspired music arises from an inspired movie which arises from an inspired script.

I have to give credit to Giorgio Moroder ; among the first to make us realize the importance of music in film.

What are you going to do when you are not saving the world.

If you talk to any director, they'll say music is fifty percent of the movie.

'The Graduate' must be the best use of songs ever in a movie; it adds a layer to the movie you wouldn't ever get from a score.

I'm homeless, in a funny way. My culture I think is completely rooted in German 19th century music I suppose.

I've spent my life trying to make things simpler. Because I find ultimately that complicated doesn't reach the heart.

You have to remain flexible, and you must be your own critic at all times.

As the seconds of our lives are ticking away, you have to realize that life needs to be an adventure.

As opposed to being on the Internet, there's something really nice about reading a book or talking to authors.

The rules are: The more playful we get, the more we can get rid of the rules.

Trust me, if you're working on a $70 million movie and you're the last guy, you feel all that weight on your shoulders.

If I play you a piece of music, that's when you can truly look inside me.

Never let your wife prevent you from buying equipment. A car will not buy a synthesizer, but a synthesizer can buy a car.

You can only make a good noise on the guitar if you're committed. Little careful noise doesn't work. You have to be bold.