Top 42 Quotes by Carter Burwell

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Conducting, I tried it once off the cuff, and quickly realized there were subtle aspects that I was missing. There is a lot more to it that I was able to grasp simply by watching conductors.

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