I'm free to make music - I'm sitting on about 40 or 45 new songs that I can't wait to put out. Cliff Martinez More Quotes by Cliff Martinez More Quotes From Cliff Martinez 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 answersmenthinking 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 minddirectors 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 welcomecareerschallenges I like challenges and I definitely would like to be more of a chameleon. Cliff Martinez chameleonchallenges 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 always-tryingyearsthinking 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 takenmeanthinking 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 writingtwoyears Composers are in some ways the last frontier of musician that gets a paycheck for their musical services. Cliff Martinez musicianmusicalway 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 behind-the-scenesbandkind 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 rolesgivingdirectors If I had kids, I don't think I would recommend they pursue a career in music. Cliff Martinez careerskidsthinking I guess what I've learned is that there are no boundaries when it comes to imagination. It's limitless. Cliff Martinez guesslearnedimaginationboundaries The more I come to understand music, the more I feel like a numbskull because there is always more to learn. The more I do it, the more I'm humbled. I'm just always trying to get better at it. I pick up a few tricks along the way. Cliff Martinez feelbettermusicway You'll know if you're a famous composer if 20 years from now your name appears on a pull-down menu in Band in a Box, alongside Hans Zimmer. Cliff Martinez nameyourknowyou I think music will be created algorhythmically, all the things that we do will be boiled down to a little computer program. Cliff Martinez downwillthinkmusic I've often thought that my background in rock 'n' roll has gone to waste in film work. My background was that I was a rock 'n' roll drummer and I don't think I used drums in my first ten years of film scoring. Cliff Martinez thoughtthinkdrummerwork I'm not sure why anybody makes a physical CD anymore when the costs are so much lower to just throw it up on iTunes. And it doesn't seem that making a hard copy of something prevents pirating any less. I mean I'm amazed that they still do that. Cliff Martinez copywhysomethinghard
