Michel Legrand Quotes

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

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

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

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.
Michel Legrand

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.
Michel Legrand

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Michel Legrand Quotes

Type: Composer Quotes Category: French Composer Quotes Date of Birth: February 24, 1932 Nationality: French Find on Amazon: Michel Legrand Related Authors: Claude Debussy Pierre Schaeffer Luc Ferrari Maurice Jarre Maurice Ravel Hector Berlioz Georges Bizet Olivier Messiaen	Here is how I work: when I think that a film needs to have a principal theme, I search for a melody. Michel Legrand I have a very strange melodic gift: melodies come to me effortlessly. Michel Legrand I would listen to something on the radio and try to tap out the melody, then the harmonies. Michel Legrand 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. Michel Legrand 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. Michel Legrand