Ennio Morricone

Music Italian 1928 – 2020 98 quotes

An Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and trumpeter, who wrote over 400 scores for cinema and television, including 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' and 'Cinema Paradiso'.

Quotes by Ennio Morricone

I retire? Music never retires from the soul.

Interview 2014

The guitar weeps when the story demands it.

Professional observation 1967

Time heals, but music remembers.

Philosophy saying 2001

Conducting is leading a flock of wild birds.

Witty remark 1976

Society needs art to mirror its soul.

Speech 1989

Every film is a new adventure in sound.

Personal reflection 1958

Wisdom comes from listening to the world's noises.

Interview 2003

The end of a score is just the beginning of its life.

Aphorism 1971

Humor lightens the heaviest drama.

Professional observation 1984

Life's soundtrack is improvised daily.

Personal reflection 1997

Peace is the sweetest melody.

Speech 1962

Innovation in music is borrowing wisely from the old.

Interview 1979

Regret? Only for notes left unsung.

Wisdom saying 2012

The violin cries truths words can't touch.

Letter 1950

A comeback? I never left the music.

Witty remark 2006

Art heals the wounds of the world.

Personal reflection 1986

Scores are stories told without scripts.

Professional observation 1963

In the end, music is my legacy to humanity.

Last words 2020