Popularity doesn't bother me. It attests to the affection and comprehension of the public. The important thing is to retain the pioneer spirit. I pro…

- Ennio Morricone

We live in a modern world, and in contemporary music the central fact is contamination. Not the contamination of disease but the contamination of mus…

- Ennio Morricone

I also used these realistic sounds in a psychological way. With The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, I used animal sounds - as you say, the coyote sound -…

- Ennio Morricone

I was offered a free villa in Hollywood, but I said no thank you, I prefer to live in Italy.

- Ennio Morricone

I come from a background of experimental music which mingled real sounds together with musical sounds.

- Ennio Morricone

You can see my decision as either a distinctive factor or as a limitation. I don't feel it is a limitation.

- Ennio Morricone

There was a theft! But, of course, if it was up to me, every two years I would win an Oscar.

- Ennio Morricone

Music is an experience, not a science.

- Ennio Morricone

Bernard Herrmann used to write all his scores by himself. So did Bach, Beethoven and Stravinsky. I dont understand why this happens in the movie indu…

- Ennio Morricone