Cliff Martinez Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I work at home but average 15,000 to 18,000 miles per year on my Honda.”

“I'm free to make music - I'm sitting on about 40 or 45 new songs that I can't wait to put out.”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”