Rob Manuel Quotes

I like to listen to classical music... I like mainline jazz.

I feed on other people's creativity, photographers, artists of every kind. Sometimes a feeling that you get listening to a song can be so powerful. I've wanted to write whole scripts around what I felt just listening to a piece of music. I think music is important, and surrounding your visual field with stimulating things.

People just love to be entertained, and in order to entertain them, you have to do things in a way that they understand.

For me, personally, the most interesting music comes from the popular sector - from film and pop music - since contemporary classical music got stuck and went into directions where it lost a lot of the public by over-intellectualizing.

When I finish something, I want it out that day. Pop music is like the daily paper. Its got to be there then, not six months later.

I think, for me anyway, music and film is where you can really transport yourself to another universe.

I love 'Guitar Hero' because I love music, but I have no musical ability whatsoever. So I love a game that makes you feel like you're a rock star.

We've been listening to Wagner, which is so great.

I'm all about telling stories. I like people to picture the music video in their head when they're just listening to the song.

There's a moment of recognition. It's that white-light kind of stuff that just 'works.' I love that. And you know it when it happens, whether it's a movie, music, a building, a book.

I actually like to sing on 'Rock Band.' I prefer to take the mic.

'Puzzlejuice' will get your brain juices flowing as try to juggle both falling boxes and a growing list of letters to create words from. There are power ups to unlock and massive explosions that will shake your mobile device to its very core if you are quick enough with your fingers and your thoughts.

I love films where the world seems to be going a bit faster and everything's a bit brighter and more in focus.

I don't think music is the first thing I turn to. For me, I think visual art is more the thing. Sometimes when I've been doing music for a while, I can't really take any more in.

I also like Western classical music and jazz.

I just think music is so intrinsically linked with images in the culture that we live in that you'll be hard-pressed to have an experience with the music without a preconceived notion.

I've rarely seen video screens used well in a music concert.

Elliott Carter does not write the kind of music that the kids go off to school whistling.

The narrative of serial art works more like music than like literature.

I feel like soundtrack music is almost like seeing the movie again, but with my ears.

Music is extremely important to have on photo shoots - it brings the mood.

I always related my favorite music to the movies.

There is an atmosphere about the picture theatre that speaks of entertainment and relaxation. The charming surroundings, good music, and the fact that each visitor is determined to enjoy a few hours of holiday all exert an influence on the mind.

I go to see some big shows of other bands, and I feel like I'm so bombarded and over-stimulated that I lose interest in the music. There has to be light and shade, and less stimulating moments. There has to be an arc to the show.

To me, movies and music go hand in hand. When I'm writing a script, one of the first things I do is find the music I'm going to play for the opening sequence.