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I firmly believe lyrics have ...

I firmly believe lyrics have to breathe and give the audience's ear a chance to understand what's going on. Particularly in the theater, where you have costume, story, acting, orchestra.

Stephen Sondheim 178 quotes

The nice thing about doing a ...

The nice thing about doing a crossword puzzle is, you know there is a solution.

Stephen Sondheim 178 quotes

I chose and my world was shak...

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 178 quotes

If people have split views ab...

If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have them feel something about it than dismiss it.

Stephen Sondheim 178 quotes

I love the theater as much as...

I love the theater as much as music, and the whole idea of getting across to an audience and making them laugh, making them cry - just making them feel - is paramount to me.

Stephen Sondheim 178 quotes

Nowadays, there are sometimes...

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 178 quotes

I have inherited my father's ...

I have inherited my father's sense of humour about myself. It's a lot more pleasant to make fun of yourself than when someone else does.

Stephen Sondheim 178 quotes

I would have been a geologist...

I would have been a geologist.

Stephen Sondheim 178 quotes

I'm always conscious of what ...

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 178 quotes

One of the hardest things abo...

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 178 quotes

After the Rodgers and Hammers...

After the Rodgers and Hammerstein revolution, songs became part of the story, as opposed to just entertainments in between comedy scenes.

Stephen Sondheim 178 quotes

I played the organ when I wen...

I played the organ when I went to military school, when I was 10. They had a huge organ, the second-largest pipe organ in New York State. I loved all the buttons and the gadgets. I've always been a gadget man.

Stephen Sondheim 178 quotes

One difference between poetry...

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 178 quotes

I have, by nature, an analyti...

I have, by nature, an analytical mind.

Stephen Sondheim 178 quotes

The movie adaptations of stag...

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 178 quotes

Generally, the best recording...

Generally, the best recording is the original cast, because that's the way the piece grew: integrally, with them.

Stephen Sondheim 178 quotes

My parents weren't around muc...

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 178 quotes

So many good songs get writte...

So many good songs get written fast, because you know exactly what has to work.

Stephen Sondheim 178 quotes

Everybody faces a blank piece...

Everybody faces a blank piece of paper, no matter what they've written or painted or composed before. I can't imagine approaching every single new project with-without doubt.

Stephen Sondheim 178 quotes

Making lyrics feel natural, s...

Making lyrics feel natural, sit on music in such a way that you don't feel the effort of the author, so that they shine and bubble and rise and fall, is very, very hard to do. Whereas you can sit at the piano and just play and feel you're making art.

Stephen Sondheim 178 quotes

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