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It's really hard for actors to cross over and get any respect as a singer, and if I could just keep it separate and not use my music in movies, it's cool. -- Taryn Manning
Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release. -- Quincy Jones
Music is my heart, but I see television and more movies in the next stage of my life. -- Ja Rule
I have terrible taste in things: music, movies, TV shows. I love all the guilty pleasures: Bravo, 'Real Housewives.' -- Grace Helbig
I was raised by muses. Women who had men in awe of them and who wrote them movies and wrote them music. -- Lou Doillon
All movies, when they're about the music business, tend to have a bit of a wide latitude in terms of how things really were. -- Chris Squire
I only respond to Telemundo when it's about novellas, in regards to music or movies they have nothing to do with it; that's mine. -- Jencarlos Canela
Punk's influence on music, movies, art, design and fashion is no longer in doubt. It is used as the measurement for what is cool. -- Malcolm Mclaren
I hate this idea in the Cinematheque that you must watch silent movies with no music, like it's a piece of art. It's not true. -- Arnaud Desplechin
I was never that into the movies. Never. Even as a youngster. I became interested in movie music only because of the studio orchestras in Hollywood. -- John Williams
There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives. -- Barbara Kruger
Old film-noir movies. There's something comforting about watching black-and-white movies, and hearing this kind of music just puts me in a fantasy world. It's a really great escape for me. -- Petra Haden
To me, movies and music go hand in hand. When I'm writing a script, one of the first things I do is find the music I'm going to play for the opening sequence. -- Quentin Tarantino
Michael Jackson is an accidental civil rights leader - an accidental pioneer. He broke ground and barriers in so many different realms in artistry, in pictures, in movies, in music, you name it. -- Don Lemon
I know if I wasn't making music and acting, I would be involved in the performing arts world in some way. I would be either writing and making music for other artists or producing movies. -- Claudia Lee
In 2004, when I started recording my first CD, I was coming right out of yeshiva. So I had spent two years completely immersed in the Hasidic culture, disconnected completely from the secular world - movies, music, people. -- Matisyahu
I know there's a certain love and affection for the homemade on the Internet, and I'm all for that, too, and I appreciate it in alternative music, and I appreciate it in B-movies and in Sundance, independent films. -- Robert Englund
That's what I love about those old movies - the music is like a constant companion. Even in scenes that aren't particularly dramatic, like a woman checking her watch, you hear the music as a comment on that action. -- Petra Haden
I think it's that thing of growing up all the time watching American movies and listening to American music. It hits you in a way that's a lot purer because you are not in that culture that you're watching. -- Ben Mendelsohn
I always shoot my movies with score as certainly part of the dialogue. Music is dialogue. People don't think about it that way, but music is actually dialogue. And sometimes music is the final, finished, additional dialogue. Music can be one of the final characters in the film. -- Ridley Scott
I often begin movies with music in my head; it's a very important dimension to me. Not just the music itself, but how to use music in film: when and how and subtlety. I don't like to be too sweet in my stories, and I like the abrasive clang, the contrasting of sounds and cultures. -- Mira Nair
I always related my favorite music to the movies. -- Petra Haden
I handle my emotional pain with music and old movies, preferably Westerns. -- Ruthie Foster
I've been really enjoying writing articles and writing music and music for movies. -- Alanis Morissette
I probably watch movies more than I actually listen to music, I think. -- Sune Rose Wagner
Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts. -- Yahoo Serious
People go to movies or listen to music because they want to be inspired. -- Daphne Zuniga
Photography and movies are a much bigger influence on me than music is itself. -- Sune Rose Wagner
Rave music sounds like an electronic disco version of '30s Universal monster movies. -- Mojo Nixon
Right now, more people enjoy movies, music, television and movies than they do video games. -- J Allard
I love movies. And sometimes it will be a case where I don't notice music. -- Atticus Ross
I love music, and after my first experience with movies, I can't wait to do more. -- Rihanna
I've always loved music. I listen to music the way a lot of actors watch movies. -- Penn Badgley
I love the 70s. I think the 70s had the best music and the best movies. -- Michael Jai White
There's only four things we do better than anyone else: music movies microcode (software) high-speed pizza delivery -- Neal Stephenson
To me, Godard did to movies what Bob Dylan did to music: they both revolutionized their forms. -- Quentin Tarantino
Grease' was how I learned that I really liked music and musicals and movies that included music. -- Jason Moore
The people who do the scoring and the music for movies are very talented, really special people. -- Claudia Christian
I never made movies that had any of my music. I haven't crossed them over that much. -- Rob Zombie
I like to think that the music is a mixture of personal experiences mixed with photography and movies. -- Sune Rose Wagner
I love doing live action movies, but there's a great job in doing animation, especially one with music. -- Robin Williams
The thing about sports movies is, they can't help but feel epic - putting music to images, etc. -- Lindsey Shaw
I love the '70s. I think the '70s had the best music and the best movies. -- Michael Jai White
Music is the reason I'm doing movies; I do credit that. But acting is an escape route for me. -- Bow Wow
I have terrible taste in things: music, movies, TV shows. I love all the guilty pleasures: Bravo, Real Housewives. -- Grace Helbig
I know that I loved music before I loved movies, simply because I didn't see movies as a kid. -- Billy Bob Thornton
Sports, music, movies - basically, fans of any form of entertainment don't do a resume analysis before picking their favorite. -- Mark Cuban
I actually grew up wanting to be a filmmaker. I wanted to make movies, and music was a detour, almost. -- Damien Chazelle
Sometimes music, movies and books are the only things that let us feel like someone else feels like we do. -- Marilyn Manson
There have been so many instances in my life where movies, music, or literature has made my life tangibly better. -- James Ponsoldt
I really like the collaboration of doing movies and television. But I like the sort of solitary work of doing music. -- Zooey Deschanel
People are going to be seeing me a lot everywhere: TVs, music, movies, festivals. You name it, I'm gonna be there. -- AraabMuzik
I used to like to set different film clips to classical music, not even my own songs, but make little movies. -- Lana Del Rey
When the music and the characters are flawlessly synchronized, the opera develops an emotional force that movies and plays cannot match. -- Bruce Beresford
The nice thing about piracy is, it allows the public to get independent art, to get a variety of music and movies. -- Lloyd Kaufman
What I see in a lot of music movies, or rock 'n' roll movies, that feature a band is that they're lip-synching. -- Billie Joe Armstrong
I have an eclectic taste in stuff whether it be movies or music or books or food or anything. Variety is interesting. -- Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Teens today rule the world. The whole culture - movies, music - is pointed at young people. They have so 'much' power. -- James Franco
Every category has its snobs: music, books, movies. There are so many things a man is only pressured into liking or disliking. -- Criss Jami
I write with music. I write scenes in movies that hopefully can earn the use of some songs that are powerful to me. -- Cameron Crowe
I am a huge comic book fan, and I love everything vintage: cars, movies, music, art, and style - especially the 1950s style. -- Mateus Ward
I'm really visually stimulated more than anything. I don't really listen to music. I'm more into watching telly or watching movies and visual art. -- Sia Furler
I just want to sing, I want to work on my music, I want to make my movies, that's all I want to do. -- Marc Anthony
My music will mean something. I'll have my own production company. I'm doing my own movies. I have my own restaurant. I just wanna expand. -- Tupac Shakur
I wouldn't even say the internet is a gift and a curse for hip-hop. All types of music are bootlegged, including movies which are bootlegged. -- Nicki Minaj
One of the nice things about licensing music to movies or advertisements is you can reach a lot of people who normally wouldn't hear music. -- Moby
What I like to do is just make good music, good movies, hopefully perform a good show full of energy and just have some fun. -- LL Cool J
David Lynch is my friend, and I love his movies and his art and his music. Few things make me happier than working with him. -- Moby
I've done four movies. I've done seven albums. So I feel like music has always been a part of my life; acting is something I'm learning. -- Jessica Simpson
I like to hang out with my friends. I love music. I like to go to the movies. I like to eat. I like to cook. -- Joan Jett
I can't leave home without certain movies. 'The Godfather' is a big one for me. And I've gotta have my beats so I can write new music. -- Nayvadius Cash
I'd love to start some movements. What I'm tired of is irony, and sarcasm, and music/movies/what have you, not having the guts to mean anything. -- Don Hertzfeldt
I wouldn't call myself successful, just obsessively exhausted. The music makes me smile, the movies make me feel humbled, and the comedy saves my life every day. -- Vir Das
I started out coming from more of a concert music background. It just turns out that 20th-century music techniques lend themselves to scary movies and horror movies. -- Marco Beltrami
In the history of comics and movies and music too, it's always when things are at their bottomed-out, either creatively or financially, there's more chance-taking going on. -- Brian Michael Bendis
It just sort of happened. I wrote like what I'd always read and what was in the movies... I'm sure popular music is supposed to be like this. -- Warren Zevon
Music was a big thing for me growing up and Scorsese and Tarantino both use music brilliantly in movies. They're probably two of the best at using music. -- Ed Speleers
America does four things better than any other country in the world: rock music, movies, software and high-speed pizza delivery. All of these are sacred American art forms. -- Courtney Love
I'm very particular about the kind of music that I record and sing, and it would be the same way about the kind of movies that I would do. -- Jason Aldean
I'm very blessed that I get to dabble in both music and movies, and as long as people are willing to accept me in both roles, I'll be there. -- Mandy Moore
I've never been a big fan of the music-video style of editing movies that crept in the last few decades. I like stuff that's able to take its time. -- Frank Darabont
Besides writing music and surfing, I like to simply chill with my friends. Watching movies and going out to eat are often my prime choices for a day off. -- James Maslow

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