Famous Quotes by Hans Zimmer

A good symphony should not merely tell you a story but also make you feel that you have lived through it.

A good symphony should not merely tell you a story but also make you feel that you have lived through it.

If somebody tells you a rule, break it. That’s the only thing to move things forward.

The main thing the composer needs to do is remember that the director is there to cheer you on.

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

What are you going to do when you are not saving the world?

There’s a power that movies and music have, that can move you and motivate you.

What’s the point of getting up in the morning unless you’re gonna have an adventure?

All music is based in one way or the other, or influenced through the ages, on technology.

You’re going to fail a few times, because that is the only time you actually learn something.

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

When you start the next project, you have to forget everything you did before.

I wake up around noon, light a cigarette, get a cup of coffee, sit in the bathtub for an hour and daydream.

Get rid of the shitty sound. Life’s too short.

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

The writing gets done away from the keyboard and away from the studio in my head, in solitude.

I’ve spent my life trying to make things simpler. Because I find ultimately that complicated doesn’t reach the heart.

Anything can become a musical sound. The wind on telegraph wires is a great sound.

Nobody beat me up as much as I beat myself up. This is what I love doing, and I have one life to do it in.

Hollywood allows you to go and express yourself.

I love it when music, when the cultures collide, and something sort of new comes out of it.

Music is fifty percent of the movie.