Michael Giacchino Quotes

I loved 'Dungeons & Dragons'. That was actually a good cartoon to me.

I have always thought of Walt Disney as my second father.

I definitely think my work comes from things that I liked as a kid, and things I still like now. Monsters and magic and museums and movies, a lot of things that start with 'M' for some reason.

I grew up watching Mickey Mouse and going to Disney World, like, 2,000 times. Mickey Mouse is like my guru.

I remember growing up always loving the guitar. I used to love to watch the people play on the Country Western shows on TV. My folks told me that when I was just a toddler, I used to pretend I was playing a guitar on a toothpick.

I used to love Jem and the Holograms. I think if they were doing a concert, I would stand in line to see Jem and the Holograms.

There was a manga boom, so I read 'Astro Boy,' 'Osomatsu-kun,' and such. But what influenced me the most were things like 'Popeye' and Disney animation.

When we were kids, I know when I saw 'Pinocchio' it had a huge impact. I was ten years old, and I went home, and I was drawing the characters.

Every time I play 'Part of Your World,' a whole part of my life comes back to me. It's just inescapable - it was an innocent time, and a sense of discovery that we were all involved with.

I love Disney.

I like to write books that I would have liked as a child, that would have got me thinking and imagining beyond the words on the page. In a way, my audience is always how I remember myself as a child.

Ideas come from ordinary, everyday life. And from imagination. And from feelings. And from memories. Memories of dust in my sneakers and humming whitewalls down a hill called Monkey.

'Power Rangers' has changed a lot of lives.

Like I said, when I was a kid, they inspired me.

I do what I do because of Walt Disney. Goofy. Mickey Mouse. I never forgot how their films entertained me.

But, for instance, when I was awfully young, I read all the Oz books. They were an enormous influence on me.

My most powerful memory was hearing Earl Scruggs on 'The Beverly Hillbillies' as a 5 or 6 year old. That sound just blew me away, shook my head up.

From a very young age, stories fuelled my imagination in the most wonderful way.

I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness.

There was a singer-songwriter who slept on our couch for a year when I was about 7 or 8. She used to sing these songs for us, and I loved it. It was magical to watch her.

I have to say I regretted giving up animated movies.

'Rugrats' was my favorite cartoon growing up as a kid.

When I was little, when I was a toddler or something, I would watch 'Jason's Lyrica' lot.

I had a very active inner life as a kid. There's a good album or two worth of stuff that I can bring out on a rainy day if I have a loss for inspiration or whatever - even now.

Walt Disney was not a merchant of sadness.