54 Quotes by Carter Burwell

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

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.

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

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.

New Yorkers may think they're on some cutting edge, but that's not especially true. It is, however, the most exciting heterogeneous mess of a town I've ever seen.

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

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

I just love the sheer mess of New York.

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