I don't use composers. I research music the way I research the photographs or the facts in my scripts.
Ken Burns
I treat the photograph as a work of great complexity in which you can find drama. Add to that a careful composition of landscapes, live photography... →
Louis Armstrong is quite simply the most important person in American music. He is to 20th century music (I did not say jazz) what Einstein is to... →
In most films music is brought in at the end, after the picture is more or less locked, to amplify the emotions the filmmaker wants you to feel.
I record all of my music with authentic instruments in a studio before we start editing, doing many, many versions. The music shapes the film as we... →
I think the problem with a lot of the fusion music is that it's extremely predictable, it's a rock rhythm and the solos all play the same... →
To say that an artist sells out means that an artist is making a conscious choice to compromise his music, to to weaken his music for the sake of... →
Music is my life - acting's just a hobby.
Steve Burns
I started trying to do my own music at home, and I was like, 'You know what, I can play the guitar, sort of. And I can do these things, sort of.... →
I never listen to music when I write.
Augusten Burroughs