109 Quotes by Henry Mancini

Sometimes memorable music doesn't necessarily have to be a hit.

When I play 'Newhart' in concert, it always gets a hand, right from the very beginning. To me, 'Newhart' is a hit.

Writing for TV or films isn't great art. You have to have a common denominator. It's up to the composer to make that common denominator memorable.

I score everything by hand on manuscript paper and then make copies.

A good theme - like the 'Pink Panther' or 'Baby Elephant Walk' - can work all the way through the picture, which is what I did with them. So, for me, a good melody is not just a pretty tune.

I have an Otari with a Korg T2 Midi synthesizer, a drum machine and a few effects units.

Writing music is very, very clinical. You just sit down at a piano, map out a theme and when all the technicalities come together, out pours the music.

Cancer... changed my whole work attitude.

Success is not usually easy or fast.