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Now, this one might be a little stringy, but then again, it's fiddle player. That isn't fiddle player, it's piccolo player. How can you tell? It's PIPING hot! Then blow on it first!

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Stephen Sondheim
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: March 22
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New York City
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Stephen Joshua Sondheim
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Let the moment go. . . . Don't forget it for a moment, though. Just remembering you've had an and when you're back to or makes the or mean more than it did before. . . . Now I understand! And it's time to leave the woods.
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For anyone approaching any one of the cast albums, if they don't like what they hear, it's not the performer's fault.
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I was raised to be charming, not sincere.
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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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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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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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Tonight, tonight, won't be just any night. Tonight there will be no morning star.
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Bit by bit, putting it together... Piece by piece, only way to make a work of art. Every moment makes a contribution, Every little detail plays a part. Having just the vision's no solution, Everything depends on execution, Putting it together, that's what counts.
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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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Anything that is white is sweet. Anything that is brown is meat. Anything that is grey, don't eat.
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The movie adaptations of stage musicals that I've seen, without exception, in my opinion don't work. A lot of people would disagree with me.
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Almost all the shows I've been connected with have been extremely well cast. They're playing the show, not just doing the songs.
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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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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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When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got your show on or you didn't.
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You get used to the exact amount of space between lines. You write a word and then you write an alternate word over it. You want enough room so you can read it, so the lines can't be too close.
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I don't write songs apart from theatrical pieces. I'm not interested in writing songs qua songs.
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