Sondheim Song Quotes
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Sondheim Song Quotes & Sayings
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I was essentially trained by Oscar Hammerstein to think of songs as one-act plays, to move a song from point A to point B dramatically.
— Stephen Sondheim
I'm always conscious of what I'm writing, conscious of what the actor may ask me. I have a defense for nearly every line in the song.
— Stephen Sondheim
If you're dealing with a musical in which you're trying to tell a story, it's got to sound like speech. At the same time it's got to be a song.
— Stephen Sondheim
Hit songs did not come out of musicals. Pop-rock was creating the hits. There were very few songs that made the charts out of any Broadway musical.
— Stephen Sondheim
I didn't really want to write just lyrics, but I wanted to meet Leonard Bernstein. Music was always the first reason I was writing songs.
— Stephen Sondheim
Scenes must be beautiful which daily view'dPlease daily, and whose novelty survives
Long knowledge and the scrutiny of years. — William Cowper
Almost all the shows I've been connected with have been extremely well cast. They're playing the show, not just doing the songs.
— Stephen Sondheim
I think the greatest thing in the world is to believe in people.
— John Galsworthy
There's something inimical about the camera and song.
— Stephen Sondheim
They seemed to be together as one, somewhere else in a place that was lighter than air.
— Jess C. Scott
When I'm writing a song, I try to be the character.
— Stephen Sondheim
I have no physical courage, I've asked for a double.
— Catherine Deneuve
With great power often comes great confusion.
— Dan Allen
A close-up on screen can say all a song can.
— Stephen Sondheim
If I cannot fly, let me sing.
— Stephen Sondheim
