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Stephen Sondheim Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

Bit by bit, putting it together... Piece by piece, only way to make a work of art. Every moment makes a contribution, Every little detail plays a part. Having just the vision’s no solution, Everything depends on execution, Putting it together, that’s what counts Picture Quote #1

You’re so nice. You’re not good, you’re not bad, You’re just nice. I’m not good, I’m not nice, I’m just right. I’m the witch. You’re the world Picture Quote #1

The more you cling to things, The more you love them, The more the pain you suffer, When they’re taken from you Picture Quote #1

I’m before him on my knees, and he kisses me He assumes I lose my reason and I do. Men are stupid, men are vain, Love’s disgusting, love’s insane, A humiliating business-oh how true Picture Quote #1

Just remember, Someone is on your side (our side) Someone else is not While we’re seeing our side Maybe we forgot: they are not alone. No one is alone Picture Quote #1

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I like neurotic people. I like troubled people. Not that I don’t like squared-away people, but I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface Picture Quote #1

Any moment, big or small, Is a moment, after all. Seize the moment, skies may fall Any moment Picture Quote #1

A song is such a short form ... that ‘the slightest flaw seems like a mountain.’ And so every song needs to be revised ‘til it’s close to perfection... But achieving perfection takes a lot of energy Picture Quote #1

All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That’s what makes theatre live. That’s why it persists Picture Quote #1

Johnny Depp’s performance is quite remarkable. Sweeney’s desire for revenge and the simmering anger and hurt that he feels carry the story forward, and Johnny finds the most remarkable variety within that narrow set of emotions. The intensity is at a boil all the time and he never drops it. It’s real anger Picture Quote #1

White. A blank page or canvas. The challenge. Bring order to the whole Through design, composition, tension, balance, light, and harmony Picture Quote #1

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You get used to the exact amount of space between lines. You write a word and then you write an alternate word over it. You want enough room so you can read it, so the lines can’t be too close Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got your show on or you didn’t Picture Quote #1

Everyone would like to be on Broadway, cause if a show works, you make a great deal of money and it allows you to write other shows Picture Quote #1

My parents weren’t around much, but I assumed everybody’s family was the same. I didn’t know people had mummies and daddies who would give them milk and cookies after school. I just thought everybody lived on Central Park West and they had a nanny to take care of them Picture Quote #1

Pointillism takes emotional images, character, etc., and makes them all come together and make a whole that tells a story Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

My parents got divorced and military school gave me a structure. A lot of kids my age were children of divorced parents. They didn’t know what to do with the kids Picture Quote #1

The truth is that I don’t like rehearsals. I get embarrassed hearing my own work. I assume that the cast is embarrassed to sing the stuff Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I like murder mysteries, the Agatha Christie kinds of things where you know that it’s all going to be neatly wound up at the end Picture Quote #1

For me it’s more fun to find an unexpected moment for a character to sing when you don’t expect them to Picture Quote #1

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My mother wanted me off her hands. She was a working woman. She designed clothes, and she was a celebrity collector. It’s my mother’s ambition to be a celebrity Picture Quote #1

Musicals are, by nature, theatrical, meaning poetic, meaning having to move the audience’s imagination and create a suspension of disbelief, by which I mean there’s no fourth wall Picture Quote #1

The nice thing about doing a crossword puzzle is, you know there is a solution Picture Quote #1

Best to take the moment present as a present for the moment Picture Quote #1

My cage has many rooms Picture Quote #1

Anything you do, let it come from you. Then it will be new Picture Quote #1

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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 (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) Bit by bit, putting it together... Piece by piece, only way to make a work of art. Every moment makes a contribution, Every little detail plays a part. Having just the vision’s no solution, Everything depends on execution, Putting it together, that’s what counts (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) You’re so nice. You’re not good, you’re not bad, You’re just nice. I’m not good, I’m not nice, I’m just right. I’m the witch. You’re the world (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) The more you cling to things, The more you love them, The more the pain you suffer, When they’re taken from you (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) I’m before him on my knees, and he kisses me He assumes I lose my reason and I do. Men are stupid, men are vain, Love’s disgusting, love’s insane, A humiliating business-oh how true (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) Just remember, Someone is on your side (our side) Someone else is not While we’re seeing our side Maybe we forgot: they are not alone. No one is alone (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) I like neurotic people. I like troubled people. Not that I don’t like squared-away people, but I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) Any moment, big or small, Is a moment, after all. Seize the moment, skies may fall Any moment (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) A song is such a short form ... that ‘the slightest flaw seems like a mountain.’ And so every song needs to be revised ‘til it’s close to perfection... But achieving perfection takes a lot of energy (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That’s what makes theatre live. That’s why it persists. (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) Johnny Depp’s performance is quite remarkable. Sweeney’s desire for revenge and the simmering anger and hurt that he feels carry the story forward, and Johnny finds the most remarkable variety within that narrow set of emotions. The intensity is at a boil all the time and he never drops it. It’s real anger. (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) White. A blank page or canvas. The challenge. Bring order to the whole Through design, composition, tension, balance, light, and harmony. (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) You get used to the exact amount of space between lines. You write a word and then you write an alternate word over it. You want enough room so you can read it, so the lines can’t be too close. (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) 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 Quotes) When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got your show on or you didn’t. (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) Everyone would like to be on Broadway, cause if a show works, you make a great deal of money and it allows you to write other shows. (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) My parents weren’t around much, but I assumed everybody’s family was the same. I didn’t know people had mummies and daddies who would give them milk and cookies after school. I just thought everybody lived on Central Park West and they had a nanny to take care of them. (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) Pointillism takes emotional images, character, etc., and makes them all come together and make a whole that tells a story. (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) 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. (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) My parents got divorced and military school gave me a structure. A lot of kids my age were children of divorced parents. They didn’t know what to do with the kids. (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) The truth is that I don’t like rehearsals. I get embarrassed hearing my own work. I assume that the cast is embarrassed to sing the stuff. (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) 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 Quotes) I like murder mysteries, the Agatha Christie kinds of things where you know that it’s all going to be neatly wound up at the end. (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) For me it’s more fun to find an unexpected moment for a character to sing when you don’t expect them to. (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) My mother wanted me off her hands. She was a working woman. She designed clothes, and she was a celebrity collector. It’s my mother’s ambition to be a celebrity. (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) Musicals are, by nature, theatrical, meaning poetic, meaning having to move the audience’s imagination and create a suspension of disbelief, by which I mean there’s no fourth wall. (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) The nice thing about doing a crossword puzzle is, you know there is a solution (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) Best to take the moment present as a present for the moment (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) My cage has many rooms (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) Anything you do, let it come from you. Then it will be new (Stephen Sondheim Quotes)

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