88 Quotes by Hans Zimmer

I don't drive, so one of my assistants drives me to my writing room, and I have a calendar on the wall telling me how much time I have left, and how far behind I am. I look at it and panic, and decide which scene to work on. And you sit there plonking notes until something makes sense, and you don't think about it any more. Good tunes come when you're not thinking about it.

You have to remain flexible, and you must be your own critic at all times.

If something happened where I couldnt write music anymore, it would kill me. Its not just a job. Its not just a hobby. Its why I get up in the morning.

There's a power that movies and music has, that can move you and motivate you to look at your neighbor in a slightly more respectful way, and look at cultures in a more inclusive way.

The rules are: The more playful we get, the more we can get rid of the rules.

I think one of the things which always is forgotten in music class, is the first thing you have to do as a musician is you have to learn how to listen.

If you talk to any director, they'll say music is fifty percent of the movie.

I get all my good ideas sort of at one o' clock in the morning, and I tried for a while to behave like normal people.

Inspired music arises from an inspired movie which arises from an inspired script.