Music Usage Quotes

The conception of background music is changing. You use less and less of it these days.

It's nice, I think, when people use your music for things you didn't think of.

Music was a big thing for me growing up and Scorsese and Tarantino both use music brilliantly in movies. They're probably two of the best at using music.

When I use music on stage, the prime directive is to entertain the public, so it is different.

Certainly, network television in general relies a little bit too much on keeping people focused and emotional and scared and pushing the envelope by building wall-to-wall music.

I've seen music and songs used in stories, and while sometimes it works really well, often it doesn't.

People use music as a utensil to better themselves.

I have been told that I have been played at - my music's been played at funerals, deaths, births, weddings. Weddings, I find very surprising.

I would like to play for audiences who are not using my music to stimulate their sex organs.

When 'Family Guy' started, we wanted to make it more like a sitcom. And there was very little music.

I'm a big believer in supporting the action on film with the appropriate music. It covers a multitude of sins. It's gotten me out of a lot of jams, over the years. So, music for me is a very big thing in films and I use it unashamedly.

Usually music is used to hide a film's problems.

How about that? You can hear NFL Films music on everything from 'SpongeBob SquarePants' to 'Deep Throat.'

I think that 'The Sopranos' uses music incredibly well.

You can use existing music in a film, but creating a soundtrack is very different. One note can be enough.

Music has done a lot to enhance the emotions of sports. It's played in arenas. Whenever there is footage cut together they're always using music. And it goes together, you know.

Music should be used for the perception of God, not jitterbugging.

The invention of the iPod changes how you use music. Suddenly you have music everywhere.

Tone is an interesting question because part of the inspiration of looking to song is that Geisel himself - when you think about his animated version of The Grinch - embraced the idea of using songs in unconventional ways, as part of conveying a narrative. The use of music, in this film, is very unconventional, which I love.

What I love about 'Game of Thrones' is that the positioning of the music is so well done, because it's not overdone. When the music cuts in, it really has something to say.

I often begin movies with music in my head; it's a very important dimension to me. Not just the music itself, but how to use music in film: when and how and subtlety. I don't like to be too sweet in my stories, and I like the abrasive clang, the contrasting of sounds and cultures.

The main difference I'd say is that European cinema has always used less music than American cinema for historical reasons.

I think music is just a wonderful ingredient that helps us understand a scene better. And certainly you can overuse music, and you can use the wrong music. I probably have been guilty of these things over time. But if you use music correctly as a friend of the theme, a friend of the narrative, ou can lend some terrific connective tissue to a film.

I just hope that our fans are people who are inspired by music, and just use our music as a background or inspiration for whatever it is they do.

It bothers me when I hear it in a car commercial or some such. But for the most part, it's better than seeing sacred music relegated to the scrap heap.