Quotes from Hans Zimmer

The writing gets done away from the keyboard and away from the studio in my head, in solitude. And then I come in and hopefully have something, then I wrestle with sounds and picture all day long. But the ideas usually come from a more obscure place, like a conversation with a director, a still somebody shows you, or whatever.

Here's something I probably shouldn't be saying: I never listen to my soundtrack albums because I can't stand it. It's just stereo. When I write, I write in surround. My life is in surround.

What's the point of getting up in the morning unless you're gonna have an adventure? As the moments of our life are ticking away you have to be aware that it needs to be an adventure

SPIDER PIG SPIDER PIG Does whatever a SPIDER PIG does Can he swing From a web No he cant He's a pig Look ouut! He is a SPIDER PIG!!

I want to go and write music that announces to you that you can feel something. I don't want to tell you what to feel, but I just want you to have the possibility of feeling something.

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

When all you've got is nothing, there's a lot to go around.

If somebody tells you there's a rule, break it.

I don't know if I believe in talent. People keep saying to me, 'Oh he's really talented,' or this woman is an 'amazing talent.' And then when I investigate a little bit further, it turns out it's just somebody who works really, really hard.

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

'The Graduate' must be the best use of songs ever in a movie; it adds a layer to the movie you wouldn't ever get from a score.

With animated film, you have to create the sonic world; there's nothing there. You get to color things in more and you're allowed to overreach yourself a little bit more, and it's great fun.

You can only make a good noise on the guitar if you're committed. Little careful noise doesn't work. You have to be bold.

The lack of education means, the lack of having something I can pull out of a drawer, means I have to find something in any movie I work on that is intensely personal.

Never let your wife prevent you from buying equipment. A car will not buy a synthesizer, but a synthesizer can buy a car.