Ennio Morricone Quotes

"You can see my decision as either a distinctive factor or as a limitation. I don't feel it is a limitation."
- Ennio Morricone
(Related: Decision)

"There was a theft! But, of course, if it was up to me, every two years I would win an Oscar."
- Ennio Morricone
(Related: Years)

"I was offered a free villa in Hollywood, but I said no thank you, I prefer to live in Italy."
- Ennio Morricone
(Related: Hollywood, Italy)

"I also used these realistic sounds in a psychological way. With The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, I used animal sounds - as you say, the coyote sound - so the sound of the animal became the main theme of the movie."
- Ennio Morricone
(Related: Sound, Ugly)

"Bernard Herrmann used to write all his scores by himself. So did Bach, Beethoven and Stravinsky. I don't understand why this happens in the movie industry."
- Ennio Morricone

"It had a very good arrangement by Herbie Hancock, but it used existing pieces."
- Ennio Morricone