Quotes about Stephen Sondheim

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

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I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface.

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

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

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

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

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I chose and my world was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken;...

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Gotta watch out for directors.

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

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

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

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

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