American - Composer | March 22, 1930 -
Two of the hardest words in the language to rhyme are life and love. Of all words!
Stephen Sondheim
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If you force yourself to write away from the piano, you come up with more inventive things. If you're too good a piano player, as some composers are, the music may become flavorless and glib. And if you're not a very good pianist, you're limited to the same patterns.
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I happen to like movies and plays about dislikeable people as long as I get to know why they are what they are.
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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.
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I'm very opinionated about movie musicals when they're adapted from live shows. You'll sit still for a three-minute song in a theater. But in movies, a glance from someone's eyes will tell you the whole story in a few seconds.
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I don't find my life that interesting. The shows, maybe. But not me.
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I'm a great audience. I cry very easily. I suspend disbelief in two seconds.
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I have, by nature, an analytical mind.
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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.
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