John Hughes Music Quotations

I used to judge the quality of music by whether I could make a 90-minute cassette and not repeat any artists.

The best sounds a kid will get is in a movie theater, with huge speakers, turned up loud. I always mix my music really loud. I don't care if you don't hear all the dialogue. The audience are not idiots.

I always preferred to hang out with the outcasts, 'cause they were cooler; they had better taste in music, for one thing, I guess because they had more time to develop one with the lack of social interaction they had!

I'm from Chicago, I live in Chicago and I wanted very much for the music in Chicago to succeed.

When I approach a band, I want to respect them and be respectful of their music. I'm not gonna say, 'Look, you guys are real hot, so we'll stick you in the movie, and we'll get it in all these stores and all these stations.' That isn't right.

The only reason I got into movies was because I had no music talent.

I usually listen to surf music, not much instrumental music, and when I was younger I listened to jazz.

I'd rather make music if I had the talent.