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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
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Stephen Sondheim
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: March 22
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Dramaturge
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New York City
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Stephen Joshua Sondheim
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Success is like failure, It's how you perceive it, It's what you do with it, not how you achieve it.
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They wanted me to be a concert pianist, because I had a very good right hand, but my left hand's terrible and I hated performing.
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I like songs that are part of a dramatic texture, and therefore I like the scenes to be active. I wanna follow the story and that means you lean on the actors.
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Dreams are a sweet mistake All dreamers must awake On, then, with the dance No backward glance Or my heart will break Never look back.
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It should be interesting to see two entirely different ways to treat a story, geared for two entirely different kinds of audience.
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Sometimes I'll ask the book writer to write a monologue, not to be performed, just as if they were notes for the character.
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I'm sure many writers have these strange, tiny little habits.
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It's pleasanter to work in the country, where you can wander out among the trees. But I don't get as much work done. In the city you don't want to leave the room because there's all that chaos going on.
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Ah, but if you have no expectations, You can never have a disappointment.
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All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That's what makes theatre live. That's why it persists.
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You move just a finger, say the slightest word, something's bound to linger-be heard.
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Tonight, tonight, won't be just any night. Tonight there will be no morning star.
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Everyone tells tiny lies, what's important really is the size.
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It's age. It's a diminution of energy and the worry that there are no new ideas. It's an increasing lack of confidence. I'm not the only one. I've checked with other people.
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I don't listen to recordings of my songs. I don't avoid it, I just don't go out of my way to do it.
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I took piano lessons when I was 6. I didn't want to go on with it. I don't remember being moved by a piece of music.
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My main goal is to tell a story.
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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.
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On stage, generally speaking, the story is stopped or held back by songs, because that's the convention. Audiences enjoy the song and the singer, that's the point.
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Sometimes colleagues in performance are absolutely astonishing.
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