Like a circle in a spiral
Li...

Like a circle in a spiral
Like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning
On an ever-spinning reel
As the images unwind
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind.

"The more I live, the more I ...

"The more I live, the more I learn The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know"

Here is how I work: when I th...

Here is how I work: when I think that a film needs to have a principal theme, I search for a melody. I have a very strange melodic gift: melodies come to me effortlessly. So I write melodies-thirty, forty, fifty-then I cast them off until I have just two or three. If only one is needed, I go see the director and ask him to decide. That happened one time with Jacques Demy for the duo of the twins [in Les demoiselles de Rochefort]: I went to his house in Noirmoutier to play 35 possible themes for him.

To play piano is a significan...

To play piano is a significant part of my life, my existence. It fulfills a very physical & spiritual need for me.

I insist on a Steinway for my...

I insist on a Steinway for my recordings, my concerts and my home. It is the only piano I want to hear my music played on.

So I write melodies - thirty,...

So I write melodies - thirty, forty, fifty - then I cast them off until I have just two or three. If only one is needed, I go see the director and ask him to decide.

Here is how I work: when I th...

Here is how I work: when I think that a film needs to have a principal theme, I search for a melody.

My father had left behind an ...

My father had left behind an old piano. My sister was already going to school, my mother was out working, and I stayed at home alone with my adorable grandmother who understood nothing I said. It was so boring that I stayed at the piano all day long, and that saved my life.

I would listen to something o...

I would listen to something on the radio and try to tap out the melody, then the harmonies.

Here is how I work: when I thi...

Here is how I work: when I think that a film needs to have a principal theme, I search for a melody. I have a very strange melodic gift: melodies come to me effortlessly. So I write melodies-thirty, forty, fifty-then I cast them off until I have just two or three. If only one is needed, I go see the director and ask him to decide. That happened one time with Jacques Demy for the duo of the twins [in Les demoiselles de Rochefort]: I went to his house in Noirmoutier to play 35 possible themes for him.

'The more I live, the more I ...

'The more I live, the more I learn The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know'

Like a circle in a spiral

Like a circle in a spiral
Like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning
On an ever-spinning reel
As the images unwind
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind.

Mishel Legran 03.03.2018 03:03:03 10 quotes

I insist on a Steinway for my ...

I insist on a Steinway for my recordings, my concerts and my home. It is the only piano I want to hear my music played on.

So I write melodies - thirty, ...

So I write melodies - thirty, forty, fifty - then I cast them off until I have just two or three. If only one is needed, I go see the director and ask him to decide.

My father had left behind an o...

My father had left behind an old piano. My sister was already going to school, my mother was out working, and I stayed at home alone with my adorable grandmother who understood nothing I said. It was so boring that I stayed at the piano all day long, and that saved my life.

I would listen to something on...

I would listen to something on the radio and try to tap out the melody, then the harmonies.

Here is how I work: when I thi...

Here is how I work: when I think that a film needs to have a principal theme, I search for a melody.

I have a very strange melodic ...

I have a very strange melodic gift: melodies come to me effortlessly.

To play piano is a significant...

To play piano is a significant part of my life, my existence. It fulfills a very physical & spiritual need for me.