Quotes by Michel Legrand

About Michel Legrand:

Michel Legrand is a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist. Legrand is a prolific composer, having written over 200 film and television scores in addition to many memorable songs. He is best known for his often haunting film music and scores, such as The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) and The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) featuring the song "The Windmills of Your Mind" for which he won his first Academy Award.
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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,...

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

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

Michel Legrand

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

Michel Legrand

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

Michel Legrand

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

Michel Legrand

Author Bio

  • NameMichel Legrand
  • DescriptionFrench composer
  • BornFebruary 24, 1932
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionConductor; Composer; Actor; Singer; Pianist; Music Arranger; Jazz Musician
  • AwardsAcademy Award For Best Original Score