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Stephen Sondheim
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: March 22
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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'm interested in the theater because I'm interested in communication with audiences. Otherwise I would be in concert music.
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I get some flak for and some resistance from colleagues for because I'm interested in storytelling. I mean what I like about songwriting is songs used to tell a story.
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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.
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Just remember, Someone is on your side (our side) Someone else is not While we're seeing our side Maybe we forgot: they are not alone. No one is alone.
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I've always preferred actors who sing to singers who act in all the shows I've done.
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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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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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With videotaping, on the second generation you're already losing some of the freshness.
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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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There's a hole in the world Like a great black pit And the vermin of the world Inhabit it ... And it goes by the name of London.
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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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You have to be submitted for the Pulitzer, and unbeknownst to us, a choral director whom I know had submitted us.
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I'm sure many writers have these strange, tiny little habits.
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You may know what you need, but to get what you want, better see that you keep what you have.
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I liked my father a lot, but I didn't see him very often because my mother was bitter about him. He remarried, and I used to have to sneak off to see him.
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So here's to the girls on the go Everybody tries. Look into their eyes, And you'll see what they know: Everybody dies. A toast to that invincible bunch, The dinosaurs surviving the crunch. Let's hear it for the ladies who lunch Everybody rise!
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My mother wanted me off her hands. She was a working woman. She designed clothes, and she was a celebrity collector. It's my mother's ambition to be a celebrity.
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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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Math and music are intimately related. Not necessarily on a conscious level, but sure.
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