I don't listen to recordings of my songs. I don't avoid it, I just don't go out of my way to do it.

Quote by Stephen Sondheim

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You can't have personal investors anymore because it's too expensive, so you have to have...

You can't have personal investors anymore because it's too expensive, so you have to have...

I played the organ when I went to military school, when I was 10. They...

I played the organ when I went to military school, when I was 10. They...

The fact is popular art dates. It grows quaint. How many people feel strongly about...

The fact is popular art dates. It grows quaint. How many people feel strongly about...

Musicals are plays, but the last collaborator is your audience, so you've got to wait...

Musicals are plays, but the last collaborator is your audience, so you've got to wait...

Every writer I've ever spoken to feels fraudulent in some way or other.

Every writer I've ever spoken to feels fraudulent in some way or other.

Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.

Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.

A close-up on screen can say all a song can.

A close-up on screen can say all a song can.

If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have...

If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have...

Nowadays, there are sometimes more producers than there are people in the cast, because it...

Nowadays, there are sometimes more producers than there are people in the cast, because it...

Everyone I used to play with has either given up or is dead.

Everyone I used to play with has either given up or is dead.

Math and music are intimately related. Not necessarily on a conscious level, but sure.

Math and music are intimately related. Not necessarily on a conscious level, but sure.

I firmly believe lyrics have to breathe and give the audience's ear a chance to...

I firmly believe lyrics have to breathe and give the audience's ear a chance to...

All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the...

All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the...

I was raised to be charming, not sincere.

I was raised to be charming, not sincere.

Oscar Hammerstein was a surrogate father during all those many days, and weeks and months...

Oscar Hammerstein was a surrogate father during all those many days, and weeks and months...

There's something inimical about the camera and song.

There's something inimical about the camera and song.

It ain't just a question of misunderstood, Deep down inside him, he's no good

It ain't just a question of misunderstood, Deep down inside him, he's no good

Generally, the best recording is the original cast, because that's the way the piece grew:...

Generally, the best recording is the original cast, because that's the way the piece grew:...

Musical comedies aren't written, they are rewritten.

Musical comedies aren't written, they are rewritten.

I would have been a geologist.

I would have been a geologist.