Jim Coleman Quotes & Sayings

“I don't think I really know just how cool Satan really was when I was in Junior High School. Now, thanks to Marilyn Manson, it's no longer a secret.”

“But in my college years it got to the point where my friends and I didn't do anything without consuming a massive amount of alcohol before we went anywhere or did anything, and you know that.”

“But things can happen in a band, or any type of collaboration, that would not otherwise happen.”

“As a kid, I used to go see all the jazz players, Oscar Peterson, Stan Kenton, Dave Brubeck, Dizzy Gillespe.”

“With Frat House, at times I needed to make music that would reflect what these fraternity brothers might actually listen to, but still keep it within the realm of a score; it still had to lead the viewer through the scene, or just help create the mood.”

“I like to think that my finest hour is still ahead of me, so I can look forward rather than look backward.”

“Then I took 8 years of French Horn, first jazz, and then classical.”

“Unfortunately, however, I have too many desires to make a good Buddhist.”

“First, I'm trying to edit down about 7 hours of material which I made prior to the Cop days and find some way to get it out. This stuff is pretty out there, mostly sonic collages and tape manipulations.”

“Also, differences of opinion can be creatively stimulating as well as frustrating.”