My personal life and my artistic life do not interfere with each other.

Quote by Stephen Sondheim

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So many good songs get written fast, because you know exactly what has to work.

So many good songs get written fast, because you know exactly what has to work.

When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got...

When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got...

I would have been a geologist.

I would have been a geologist.

Musical comedies aren't written, they are rewritten.

Musical comedies aren't written, they are rewritten.

The more restrictions you have, the easier anything is to write.

The more restrictions you have, the easier anything is to write.

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...

In the Rodgers and Hammerstein generation, popular hits came out of shows and movies.

In the Rodgers and Hammerstein generation, popular hits came out of shows and movies.

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

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

By the time I was 22, I was a professional. A young and flawed professional,...

By the time I was 22, I was a professional. A young and flawed professional,...

The nice thing about doing a crossword puzzle is, you know there is a solution.

The nice thing about doing a crossword puzzle is, you know there is a solution.

The worst thing you can do is censor yourself as the pencil hits the paper....

The worst thing you can do is censor yourself as the pencil hits the paper....

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...

After the Rodgers and Hammerstein revolution, songs became part of the story, as opposed to...

After the Rodgers and Hammerstein revolution, songs became part of the story, as opposed to...

I really don't want to write a score until the whole show is cast and...

I really don't want to write a score until the whole show is cast and...

I fell into lyric writing because of music. I backed into it.

I fell into lyric writing because of music. I backed into it.

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:...

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...

I don't listen to recordings of my songs. I don't avoid it, I just don't...

I don't listen to recordings of my songs. I don't avoid it, I just don't...

One of the hardest things about writing lyrics is to make the lyrics sit on...

One of the hardest things about writing lyrics is to make the lyrics sit on...

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...