Latest Cliff Martinez Quotes from Interviews

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• There's nothing worse than a director that keeps changing their mind. Because, unlike the directors I work with, I'm not decisive at all.

  Cliff Martinez

  Mind, Directors

  "Neon Melodies: Composer Cliff Martinez Interviewed". Interview with Adam White, thequietus.com. July 1, 2016.

• I like directors that give their composer a juicy role in their films. Some films have a small, minor role for music, some have a larger role.

  Cliff Martinez

  Giving, Directors, Roles

  "Neon Melodies: Composer Cliff Martinez Interviewed". Interview with Adam White, thequietus.com. July 1, 2016.

• Composers are in some ways the last frontier of musician that gets a paycheck for their musical services.

  Cliff Martinez

  Musical, Musician, Way

  "Neon Melodies: Composer Cliff Martinez Interviewed". Interview with Adam White, thequietus.com. July 1, 2016.

• I'm kind of an antisocial person. I realised when I was playing in bands that I wasn't that comfortable being on-stage, and I preferred to be behind-the-scenes. I like the seclusion of composing.

  Cliff Martinez

  Band, Behind The Scenes, Kind

  "Neon Melodies: Composer Cliff Martinez Interviewed". Interview with Adam White, thequietus.com. July 1, 2016.

• If I had kids, I don't think I would recommend they pursue a career in music.

  Cliff Martinez

  Kids, Thinking, Careers

  "Neon Melodies: Composer Cliff Martinez Interviewed". Interview with Adam White, thequietus.com. July 1, 2016.

• Singer/songwriters spend two or three years making an album, and then it goes up for sale and everybody pirates it and you don't make any money. Whereas, writing a film score you still get presented with a paycheck.

  Cliff Martinez

  Writing, Two, Years

  "Neon Melodies: Composer Cliff Martinez Interviewed". Interview with Adam White, thequietus.com. July 1, 2016.

• I think the music business is becoming more difficult. It's really taken a big hit with piracy, so it's a lot more difficult. I mean, it was kind of an impractical career choice when I did it 25 years ago, but nowadays it's truly reckless.

  Cliff Martinez

  Taken, Mean, Thinking

  "Neon Melodies: Composer Cliff Martinez Interviewed". Interview with Adam White, thequietus.com. July 1, 2016.

• I've never tried to work chronologically. I don't think I have the discipline to do that.

  Cliff Martinez

  Thinking, Discipline

  "Neon Melodies: Composer Cliff Martinez Interviewed". Interview with Adam White, thequietus.com. July 1, 2016.

• I don't like to write any music to a script. Experience has taught me that's generally a waste of time.

  Cliff Martinez

  Writing, Waste, Scripts

  "Neon Melodies: Composer Cliff Martinez Interviewed". Interview with Adam White, thequietus.com. July 1, 2016.

• Censorship has kind of disappeared in a way because everything is accessible online.

  Cliff Martinez

  Way, Censorship, Kind

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

• When you've finished the film and everybody's already made back all their money, everybody just leaves you alone and I'm very happy. That's what it has to be like.

  Cliff Martinez

  Film, Made, Very Happy

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

• If you want to survive in the film industry, it's not about fighting for your visions because that's a given. It's thinking about how much is your vision going to cost, and then, what are the consequences, because you may have $100 million, but the reality is that $100 million needs to make $500 million to be a success.

  Cliff Martinez

  Fighting, Reality, Thinking

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

• It's very important that you never depend on money to fulfill your creative vision. If you do that, you're doomed to fail.

  Cliff Martinez

  Creative, Vision, Important

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

• The way that I make films is that I sit down and I think, "How much money could I get with less consequences?" And that's how I start. I'd rather have less money and total autonomy than more money and start having to answer to things, because then I'm not being true and the money men are not being true.

  Cliff Martinez

  Men, Thinking, Answers

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

• I like challenges and I definitely would like to be more of a chameleon.

  Cliff Martinez

  Challenges, Chameleon

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

• I think there is quite a continuity over my 25 years of doing music, and I'm always trying to break away from it.

  Cliff Martinez

  Thinking, Years, Always Trying

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

• I'm not in a position in my career where I turn things down. I'm very easy. So the projects often dictate the direction you will go in. I welcome things that challenge me.

  Cliff Martinez

  Careers, Challenges, Welcome

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

• I'm kind of conservative. I like to build on what I've done in the past and try something new.

  Cliff Martinez

  Past, Trying, Done

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca