Robert Burchfield Language Quotes


I fell into lyric writing because of music. I backed into it. Stephen Sondheim Uncategorized 93
Everyone I used to play with has either given up or is dead. Stephen Sondheim Uncategorized 70
After the Rodgers and Hammerstein revolution, songs became part of the story, as opposed to just entertainments in between comedy scenes. Stephen Sondheim Uncategorized 62
When you know your cast well and their strengths and weaknesses, you can start writing for them, just the way Shakespeare wrote for his actors. Stephen Sondheim Uncategorized 60
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. Stephen Sondheim Uncategorized 58
By the time I was 22, I was a professional. A young and flawed professional, but not an amateur. Stephen Sondheim Uncategorized 51
Gotta watch out for directors. Stephen Sondheim Uncategorized 49
I chose and my world was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken; the choosing was not. You have to move on. Stephen Sondheim Uncategorized 49
A close-up on screen can say all a song can. Stephen Sondheim Uncategorized 48
Nowadays, there are sometimes more producers than there are people in the cast, because it takes that much money to put a show on. Stephen Sondheim Uncategorized 37
The more restrictions you have, the easier anything is to write. Stephen Sondheim Uncategorized 36
Math and music are intimately related. Not necessarily on a conscious level, but sure. Stephen Sondheim Uncategorized 34
So many good songs get written fast, because you know exactly what has to work. Stephen Sondheim Uncategorized 32
Nice is different than good. Stephen Sondheim Uncategorized 30

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Robert Burchfield Language Quotes

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