"With the new technology that keeps entering the media, film composers are constantly being placed in new learning situations. Acknowledging this and realizing that one must keep up, I maintain, nonetheless, that the real creative power is in the mind and heart of the composer."

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Source : Henry Mancini (2001). “Did They Mention the Music?: The Autobiography of Henry Mancini”, p.185, Cooper Square Press

Henry Mancini

#Real Quotes #Heart Quotes #Technology Quotes

“I do not see in what manner practice alone can be sufficient for the production of correct, excellent, and finished pictures. Works deserving this character never were produced, nor ever will arise, from memory alone...”
“If you care about what you do and work hard at it, there isn't anything you can't do if you want to.”
“We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.”
“That ugly freak has spent so much time in my head, I should be charging him rent." -Four”
“...when truths disappear, they leave behind blank spaces, and that is also dangerous.”
“In short, it's a great economy if you're a high-level corporate executive or someone who owns a lot of stock. For most other Americans, economic growth is a spectator sport.”
“Of course, the recorder will never have the repertoire of the piano or the violin.”
“You work with stand-up comedians or you work with somebody in theater, you work with somebody from 'Star Search' or 'Survivor' or a kid, it constantly changes how you play with people.”

Source : Interview with Steven Horn, www.ign.com. May 6, 2003.

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