“You don't do background music the way a lot of more conventional films do. The music is often kind of a character in your films to the extent that sometimes you stop and watch someone perform a song.” WayKindSometimesCharacterFilmSongWatchesMusic IsBackgroundsConventionalBackground Music Author:Wes Anderson
“Music is a language by whose means messages are elaborated, that such messages can be understood by the many but sent out only by few, and that it alone among all the languages unites the contradictory character of being at once intelligible and untranslatable - these facts make the creator of music a being like the gods.” MeanCharacterFactsLanguageMusicMessagesMusic IsUnderstoodCreatorContradictory Author:Claude Levi-Strauss
“My music is a very personal reflection of me, whereas, acting a role, thats a reflection of another character.” CharacterActingRolesMusic IsReflection Author:Riz Ahmed
“I'm definitely not a dancer. I can move well, but it's more about the acting and the singing for me. Acting and singing are completely different, so I can't say which one I love better because I love them both. I love acting because I get to play different characters. But I also love my music because I get to portray me.” WellsI CanDifferentPlayCharacterMovingLove IsActingMusic IsSingingDancerDifferent Characters Author:Vanessa Hudgens
“I've been making films with almost no dialogue (laughs), so sound and music become a very powerful character to tell the story. It's almost like with sound and music and images, it's your tool to tell the story, especially when I decide to structure the film in a way that usually goes against the conventions of the three-act structure which most films are made out of.” WayMadeCharacterStoriesFilmThreeSoundPowerfulLaughingMusic IsToolsStructureDialogueConventionsVery PowerfulSound And Music Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“...I think there's only one [thing] that anybody teaches, and this is character. And I think that whether you are teaching history, math, or biology, or music, what you are really doing is, you are helping to shape the character of that person who is your student... Music is such a wonderful teaching tool, because while you are developing musical skills, that student can learn a lot about discipline [and] cooperation.” ThinkingPersonsCharacterHelpingTeachWonderfulOne ThingTeachingStudentsDisciplineShapesSkillsMusic IsToolsMusicalMathDevelopingBiologyCooperationTeaching History Author:Rich Mullins
“Never sound pompous. You always sound noble, noble. Absolute character of music is nobility. Even popular music can be noble, you see. If it's not noble, then it's not very good... Music is an art of emotion, of nobility, of dignity, of greatness, of love, of tenderness. All that must be brought out in music but never a show of pompousness.” IfsArtCharacterShowsSoundEmotionGreatnessMusic IsDignityAbsolutesVery GoodNobleTendernessNobilityPompousPopular Music Author:Arthur Rubinstein
“Is as if the music is another character or as if it was a part of this great opera. I also through about this project as a structure or as a sculpture made out of colors, rhythm, characters, and brush strokes, but with every single one of these always supporting one another.” IfsMadeCharacterColorProjectsMusic IsStructureRhythmOperaStrokesBrushesSculptureBrush Strokes Author:Alex Abreu
“Character is the backbone of our human culture. Music is the flowering of character.” HumansCharacterCultureMusic IsBackboneFlowering Author:Confucius
“Whether it's just the career path of doing independent music, being an artist, however you want to pigeon-hole it, it creates a certain type of character.” WantCharacterArtistCertainCareersPathTypeMusic IsIndependentHolesBeing An ArtistPigeonsCareer PathIndependent Music Author:Doseone
“The music is not used repetitiously to create film atmosphere. It is, in fact, the leading character.” CharacterFactsFilmUsedMusic IsAtmosphere Author:Bob Mondello
“Music is music and I think music people are the delivers, the actors, when they put their music out they want to insert their character in it. So they call it such and such so you know how they live so to speak.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantCharacterActorsSpeakKnow HowMusic IsInsert Author:Chuck Berry
“From Ennio [Morricone] I ask for themes that clothe my characters easily. He's never read a script of mine to compose the music, because many times he's composed the music before the script is ever written.” CharacterAsksWrittenMinesMusic IsScriptsTheme Author:Sergio Leone
“My connection to music is so strong. I cling to it. I vibe out to it. I release stress to it. Music is really always close to me. It's really present in my work in terms of how I relate to characters is through rhythm and sound, even in their speech.” CharacterStrongSoundTermSpeechMusic IsConnectionsStressRhythmReleaseRelateStress Release Author:Mahershala Ali
“I love music. I think music is a big inspiration; I listen to it a lot when I'm writing. I really love cinematic music. A lot of the time, I make playlists for my characters when I act. I also make playlists for the scripts that I write.” ThinkingWritingCharacterInspirationMusic IsI Love Music Author:Quinn Shephard