John Williams

“Composing music is hard work.”

“Working in Hollywood for the orchestra world is a very time consuming and laborious job.”

“There are occasionally eureka moments - off the top of my head, maybe Darth Vader's theme, you know, the imperial march.”

“So much of what we do is ephemeral and quickly forgotten, even by ourselves, so it's gratifying to have something you have done linger in people's memories.”

“I don't make a particular distinction between 'high art' and 'low art.' Music is there for everybody. It's a river we can all put our cups into and drink it and be sustained by it.”

“I fell in love immediately with Daisy Ridley. She is just a superstar born.”