Stephen Sondheim Quotes
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Sometimes people leave you Halfway through the wood Others may decieve you You decide what's good You decide alone But no one is alone
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It's not so much do what you like as it is that you like what you do.
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The worst thing you can do is censor yourself as the pencil hits the paper. You must not edit until you get it all on paper. If you can put everything down, stream-of-consciousness, you'll do yourself a service.
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For anyone approaching any one of the cast albums, if they don't like what they hear, it's not the performer's fault.
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Over a period of time it's been driven home to me that I'm not going to be the most popular writer in the world, so I'm always happy when anything in any way is accepted.
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If the end is right, it justifies the beans!
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White. A blank page or canvas. So many possibilities.
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I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface.
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I don't write songs apart from theatrical pieces. I'm not interested in writing songs qua songs.
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I was raised to be charming, not sincere.
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The more restrictions you have, the easier anything is to write.
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Anything that is white is sweet. Anything that is brown is meat. Anything that is grey, don't eat.
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Anything you do, let it come from you. Then it will be new.
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Let Pirelli's / Miracle Elixir / Activate your roots, sir... Keep it off your boots, sir- / Eats right through. Yes, get Pirelli's! / Use a bottle of it! / Ladies seem to love it... Flies do, too!
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Lemuel Ayers had had a huge success producing and designing Kiss Me, Kate. He wanted to produce this as a musical. I got the job. It was a professional score.
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Teaching is a sacred profession. And art is a form of teaching.
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You move just a finger, say the slightest word, something's bound to linger-be heard.
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Am I not sensitive, clever, well-mannered, considerate, passionate, charming, as kind as I'm handsome and heir to a throne?
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They wanted me to be a concert pianist, because I had a very good right hand, but my left hand's terrible and I hated performing.
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Opportunity is not a lengthy visitor.
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You can't have personal investors anymore because it's too expensive, so you have to have corporate investment or a lot of rich people.
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Perpetual anticipation is good for the soul but it's bad for the heart.
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After the Rodgers and Hammerstein revolution, songs became part of the story, as opposed to just entertainments in between comedy scenes.
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Slotted spoons don't hold much soup.