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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

If not bliss, ignorance can at least be fun. — Carter Burwell

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

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

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

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

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

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

I think being a little nuts is helpful. — Carter Burwell

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

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

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

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

I like business and personal life to be distinct. — Carter Burwell

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

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