- Nov 07, 2020
Like Quotes
Quotes on what people like and why.
These quotes explore liking something, or coming around to it later - one describes disliking Jane Austen before eventually appreciating her work, while another reflects on early interest in mathematics over computers. Related browsing includes Know Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to write a piece of music that reflects how I felt about a film as opposed to, here's this action scene; here's this set piece.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always, always, always listened to music since I was, like, 7 years old and made up stories in my head based on what I was hearing.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like live musicians and personally orchestrate about 80 to 90% of all my scores.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
We didn't go for music that sounded like blues, or jazz, or rock, or Led Zeppelin, or Rolling Stones. We didn't want to be like any of the other bands.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did quite a lot of the arranging, fitting different sections together, tempo changes, all sorts of things like that. I actually acted as a bridge between Robert and Ian. Not so much composing, rather presenting musical ideas at each rehearsal.
- Hit
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- Nov 07, 2020
People forget that even the biggest hit shows, like 'Hamilton,' started off-Broadway.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I kind of feel like with a musical, there's so few original musicals that people just don't know what to expect.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like 'Lost in Translation,' I worked on an advertisement where a Hollywood star was doing a commercial just for Japan. The star was Hugh Jackman. Since I'm Australian, they just assumed I knew him, and I didn't correct them.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's really strange, this thing where people are like, 'I'm not into musicals' but so many people who have said that to me, I've taken to shows and watched their faces radiate.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I started my own practice, I was criticized, not because I was doing product design but because, like Le Corbusier, I was insisting on paintings in all of my buildings. I would paint wall murals in the houses that I designed, just as he did in the '20s and '30s.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes it feels like there aren't enough hours in a day to get everything done.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't feel like a 40-year-old. I feel more like four 10-year-olds, each pulling in a different direction.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think women should have insight as to how men think. Just like men should have insight into how women think.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020