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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.

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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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I certainly wanted my name in lights. I wanted my name on a marquee. I wanted recognition on Broadway.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Composer

Born: March 22nd, 1930

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