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Stephen Sondheim quotes

American Composer March 22, 1930

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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
One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music. Stephen Sondheim
Careful the things you say, Children will listen. Careful the things you do, Children will see. And learn. Children may not obey. But children will listen. Children will look to you. For which way to turn, To learn what to be. Careful before you say,"Listen to me."Children will listen. Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim quote: "Work is what you do for others, liebchen. Art is what you do..."
Work is what you do for others, liebchen. Art is what you do for yourself. Stephen Sondheim
One of the hardest things about writing lyrics is to make the lyrics sit on the music in such a way that you're not aware there was a writer there. Stephen Sondheim
Music straightjackets a poem and prevents it from breathing on its own, whereas it liberates a lyric. Poetry doesn't need music; lyrics do. Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim quote: "I fell into lyric writing because of music. I backed into it."
I fell into lyric writing because of music. I backed into it. Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim quote: "By the time I was 22, I was a professional. A young and flawed..."
By the time I was 22, I was a professional. A young and flawed professional, but not an amateur. Stephen Sondheim
They all deserve to die. Even you, Mrs. Lovett Even I. Because the lives of the wicked should be made brief. For the rest of us death would be relief. Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim quote: "How many times do you get to be 35? Eleven"
How many times do you get to be 35? Eleven Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim quote: "Math and music are intimately related. Not necessarily on a..."
Math and music are intimately related. Not necessarily on a conscious level, but sure. Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim quote: "Musical comedies aren't written, they are rewritten."
Musical comedies aren't written, they are rewritten. Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim quote: "They hear drums, we hear music."
They hear drums, we hear music. Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim quote: "It's your father's fault that the curse got placed and the..."
It's your father's fault that the curse got placed and the place got cursed in the first place. Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim quote: "Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos."
Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos. Stephen Sondheim

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