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The more restrictions you have, the easier anything is to write.

~Stephen Sondheim

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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.

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Musicals are plays, but the last collaborator is your audience, so you've got to wait 'til the last collaborator comes in before you can complete the collaboration.

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I was raised to be charming, not sincere.

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I'm interested in the theater because I'm interested in communication with audiences. Otherwise I would be in concert music.

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Every writer I've ever spoken to feels fraudulent in some way or other.

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My personal life and my artistic life do not interfere with each other.

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I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface.

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Everyone I used to play with has either given up or is dead.

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Composer

Born: March 22nd, 1930

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