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Stephen Sondheim
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: March 22
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If I got involved with the chat rooms and Facebook and everything - I would probably never leave. That's why I don't do it. I literally don't do it. At all.
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You move just a finger, say the slightest word, something's bound to linger-be heard.
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Take a play that you like but you think is flawed, and see if you can improve it and turn it into a musical. [...] Then make up your own 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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Any moment, big or small, Is a moment, after all. Seize the moment, skies may fall Any moment.
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Friendship, obligation and greed are not good enough reasons to write anything.
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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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No one has ever known me as clearly as you. No one has ever shown me that love allows everything. Not pretty or safe or easy but something I never knew. Love within reason, that isn't love and I learned that from you.
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My personal life and my artistic life do not interfere with each other.
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To wish and wait From day to day Will never keep The wolves away.
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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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Art is craft, not inspiration.
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A song is such a short form ... that 'the slightest flaw seems like a mountain.' And so every song needs to be revised 'til it's close to perfection... But achieving perfection takes a lot of energy.
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I do not hope for what I cannot have! I do not cling to things I cannot keep!
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The truth is that I don't like rehearsals. I get embarrassed hearing my own work. I assume that the cast is embarrassed to sing the stuff.
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Sometimes people leave you Halfway through the wood Others may decieve you You decide what's good You decide alone But no one is alone
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TODD: The history of the world, my love -- LOVETT: Save a lot of graves, Do a lot of relatives favors! TODD: Is those below serving those up above! LOVETT: Ev'rybody shaves, So there should be plenty of flavors! TODD: How gratifying for once to know BOTH: That those above will serve those down below!
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Everyone tells tiny lies, what's important really is the size.
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Math and music are intimately related. Not necessarily on a conscious level, but sure.
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For me it's more fun to find an unexpected moment for a character to sing when you don't expect them to.
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