Top 42 Quotes by Carter Burwell

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

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.

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.

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

Los Angeles is an industry town, and it has great facilities and personnel. The disadvantage is that everyone there seems to talk about the same subject matter.

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.

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

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.