Cliff Martinez Quotes

• Composing demands a degree of isolation.

  Cliff Martínez

  Degrees, Demand, Isolation

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• I was in the Chilli Peppers at the time and I asked myself, would I be able to wear a sock on my genitals at the age of forty and they proved me wrong because I guess they're still doing it.

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  Age, Able, Peppers

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• Vivo en Topanga Canyon, un enclave rústico de Los Ángeles. Me encantan los sonidos de todas las criaturas que hay fuera: las ranas, los búhos, los grillos y los pájaros. Algunos de los pájaros de por aquí son músicos consumados. Se puede aprender mucho de ellos.

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  Bird, Owl, Musician

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

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  Creative, Vision, Important

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• I actually don't see that strong of a connection between my background as a rock 'n roller and my early films. In a way I think your musical identity in film work is determined by the jobs that come your way.

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  Strong, Jobs, Thinking

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• Trabajo en casa pero hago una media de 15.000 a 18.000 kilómetros al año con mi Honda.

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  Home, Average, Years

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• I know so few people who actually give music their undivided attention, so I've been trying to just park myself on the couch between the speakers and listen.

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  Gente, Dar, Intentar

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• 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.

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  Fighting, Reality, Thinking

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• I got fed up with being in bands. I spent a couple of years touring the country in a smoked filled band, doing lots of drugs and being really unhealthy.

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  Country, Couple, Years

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• Pop music is a fashion, and fashions come and go. The public retires you as their tastes change.

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  Fashion, Taste, Pops

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• The more I come to understand music, the more I feel like a numbskull because there is always more to learn.

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  Se siente

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

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  Past, Trying, Done

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• I don't want to be typecast as the 'ambient guy' or someone who only does electronic scores. I think most of the work that comes my way is because people feel they know me musically.

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  Pensar, Gente, Guy

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• For me, the work begins with a rough cut of the film. I can't do much with the script. I've tried to write music to a script prior to seeing the film, but I've found it turns out to be a waste of time.

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  Writing, Cutting, Waste

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• I guess I'd like to have my cake and eat it, too. I want to be known for having a recognizable style. I believe having your own personal identity is what makes you competitive. On the other hand, I would like to be versatile and be challenged to go in new directions.

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  Believe, Hands, Cake

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

  Cliff Martínez

  Thinking, Discipline

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

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• I've always been very left of center and the radio never had much diversity and film did.

  Cliff Martínez

  Diversity, Radio, Film

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

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  Writing, Waste, Scripts

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

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

  Cliff Martínez

  Way, Censorship, Kind

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• 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.

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  Film, Made, Very Happy

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• 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.

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  Men, Thinking, Answers

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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.

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  Mind, Directors

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

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• 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.

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  Careers, Challenges, Welcome

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

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  Challenges, Chameleon

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

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  Thinking, Years, Always Trying

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