American - Musician | July 15, 1905 - March 28, 1974
I do not think men have more talent. There are a great many women in the arts; novelists, painters, sculptors, poets-but the proportion is far lower in the field of song writing.
Dorothy Fields
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning could write a poem two pages long. Could she have brought it to a music publisher?
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A songwriter should have friends who are similarly interested; should move about in the milieu of work he has chosen for himself.
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A song must move the story ahead. A song must take the place of dialogue. If a song halts the show, pushes it back, stalls it, the audience won't buy it; they'll be unhappy.
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A song just doesn't come on. I've always had to tease it out, squeeze it out.
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A rhyme doesn't make a song.
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Love is the reason you were born.
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