“I was always trying to be a quote, unquote, film composer.” — Henry Mancini Quote

“I was always trying to be a quote, unquote, film composer.”

“I play citified Count Basie piano. As few notes as possible, my left hand in my pocket, that kind of stuff.”

“I compose the music according to the nature of the show. 'Peter Gunn's' focus was violence so that was my key.”

“I think, as a composer, pressure should be something that makes you better.”

“In most multiple composer situations, you find it because someone got nervous about the music and insisted that somebody else come in and help.”

“I was meant to be a composer. I was meant to meet my wife and have our three children. There were a number of factors that led to all of that happening, which, if you mapped it out, you would say, 'God, a lot had to go right for all of those things to line up.'”