Schifrin Lalo Quotes & Sayings

I like to know for whom I'm writing - it makes the composition easier to do. — Lalo Schifrin

Blessed is he who has learned to laugh at himself for he shall never cease to be entertained. — John Boswell

One wonders at the docility of the students who evidently must be satisfied enough with the credentials to be uncaring about the lack of education. — Jane Jacobs

Each book will have a lot of cliffhangers, because I like that. — Kevin J. Anderson

I was very young, maybe five. The opera was very ... I was attracted to opera to the point that I think it's the reason I started to write music for films. I never studied. There are film and music school that teach you how to write music. I never studied that. But the influence of opera, which is a combination of storyline, visuals, staging, plus music ... that was perhaps the best school I could have had. That's what gave me the idea of coming to Hollywood to write music for films. — Lalo Schifrin

Well, the very best operas are the ones written by the very best composers. — John Eaton

The accomplished man lives in silence and dies in silence. Then their thoughts work in someone else. But the idea that they come back is nonsense. — Shri Ranjit Maharaj

My father, my uncles, my aunts, from my father's side and my mother's side ... they were all professional musicians. My father was a concert master, he took me to a lot of rehearsals, concerts, performances, opera, ballet. For me, that was life. — Lalo Schifrin