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Stephen Sondheim Quotes

The movie adaptations of stage musicals that I’ve seen, without exception, in my opinion don’t work. A lot of people would disagree with me Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Tonight, tonight, won’t be just any night. Tonight there will be no morning star Picture Quote #1

On stage, generally speaking, the story is stopped or held back by songs, because that’s the convention. Audiences enjoy the song and the singer, that’s the point Picture Quote #1

Music straightjackets a poem and prevents it from breathing on its own, whereas it liberates a lyric. Poetry doesn’t need music; lyrics do Picture Quote #1

No one has ever known me as clearly as you. No one has ever shown me that love allows everything. Not pretty or safe or easy but something I never knew. Love within reason, that isn’t love and I learned that from you Picture Quote #1

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You may know what you need, but to get what you want, better see that you keep what you have Picture Quote #1

Two of the hardest words in the language to rhyme are life and love. Of all words! Picture Quote #1

I do not hope for what I cannot have! I do not cling to things I cannot keep! Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person Picture Quote #1

Stephen Sondheim told me that Oscar Hammerstein believed everything that he wrote. So there’s great truth in the songs, and that’s what was so wonderful to find Picture Quote #1

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The movie adaptations of stage musicals that I’ve seen, without exception, in my opinion don’t work. A lot of people would disagree with me (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) 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 (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) Tonight, tonight, won’t be just any night. Tonight there will be no morning star (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) On stage, generally speaking, the story is stopped or held back by songs, because that’s the convention. Audiences enjoy the song and the singer, that’s the point (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) 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 Quotes) No one has ever known me as clearly as you. No one has ever shown me that love allows everything. Not pretty or safe or easy but something I never knew. Love within reason, that isn’t love and I learned that from you (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) You may know what you need, but to get what you want, better see that you keep what you have (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) Two of the hardest words in the language to rhyme are life and love. Of all words! (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) I do not hope for what I cannot have! I do not cling to things I cannot keep! (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) 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 Quotes) No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person (Stephen Sondheim Quotes) Stephen Sondheim told me that Oscar Hammerstein believed everything that he wrote. So there’s great truth in the songs, and that’s what was so wonderful to find (Stephen Sondheim Quotes)

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