Henry Mancini quotes
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“With the new technology that keeps entering the media, film composers are constantly being placed in new learning situations. Acknowledging this and realizing that one must keep up, I maintain, nonetheless, that the real creative power is in the mind and heart of the composer.”
-- Henry ManciniSource : Henry Mancini (2001). “Did They Mention the Music?: The Autobiography of Henry Mancini”, p.185, Cooper Square Press
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“If you're feeling fancy free, come wander through the world with me, and any place we chance to be, will be a rendezvous. Two for the road, we'll travel through the years, collecting precious memories, selecting souvenirs and living life the way we please.”
-- Henry ManciniSource : Song: Two for the Road, 2004
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“It took me a long time to figure out what Holly Golightly was all about. One night after midnight I was still trying. I don't drink much, but I was sipping. And it came to me. I wrote [“Moon Riverâ€] in half an hour.”
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“If you want to make money in music, get into the band uniform business.”
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“Jazz is capable of doing much more than depicting the dope fiend and the drunk and the slinky gal. In our show there are many very funny sequences where we were able to use jazz as it can be used-in a happy way.”
-- Henry Mancini
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“I'd rather feel something for real than pretend it's not what it is.”
Source : A.S. King (2010). “Please Ignore Vera Dietz”, p.29, Knopf Books for Young Readers
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“Free speech means the right to shout 'theatre' in a crowded fire.”
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