Mark Mothersbaugh
Mark Mothersbaugh
Mark Allen Mothersbaughis an American singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, author, and visual artist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth18 May 1950
CityAkron, OH
CountryUnited States of America
dollar liked million others projects simply turned
We've turned down multi million dollar films, simply because we liked the film better. We have the luxury to do so - we have projects that make the money, and others that we do for love.
personally
Personally I'm very happy to be behind the scenes. I like collaboration, I like working with directors.
mutation
Choose your mutations carefully.
father book kids
When I was a kid, the book that I liked the most was 'Aesop's Fables.' There was a version of it that my father read stories to us kids out of. I liked the idea of the short story format.
teacher art thinking
My major was Fine Arts and Education thinking I would become an Art Teacher. I couldn't visualize myself as an art teacher, thinking how it wouldn't work.
fighting ideas trying
I went to Kent State basically to avoid going to Vietnam, I had no idea what I was doing in the world. I was lost, and trying not to get into a fight every day.
writing fog orchestra
Right now I just finished writing the music for a Rugrats feature film and the third week of September I go to London, and the Orchestra is going to perform the score.
friday monday couple
TV series, there's a lot of everybody talking to you and giving you input for the first couple episodes, and then they're on such a crazy schedule that you get another episode on a Monday, you have to have it done by Friday and it becomes very solitary work usually, TV shows.
writing stories events
The stories I write are often literal to events that have happened or observations that I've made, and sometimes they're fantastical.
behind-the-scenes directors collaboration
Personally Im very happy to be behind the scenes. I like collaboration, I like working with directors.
writing stories diaries
I write all the time. I do artwork that's part of a diary, and I write short stories to go with them pretty much every day.
writing people way
It's people who write music because they are obsessed that I like; because they have something to say and no other way to say it.
contain popular represents scores time truly
'To Kill a Mockingbird' represents Hollywood at its very finest, when a popular film could truly contain a message. It has one of the most moving scores of all time.