A songwriter should have friends who are similarly interested; should move about in the milieu of work he has chosen for himself.
From Dorothy Fields
A song must move the story ahead. A song must take the place of dialogue. If a song halts the show, pushes it back, stalls it, the audience won't buy it; they'll be unhappy.
A rhyme doesn't make a song.
Love is the reason you were born.
My father assigned me to keep his scrapbooks. At first I was interested in reading only his rave notices, but I got interested in reading what the critics were saying about whether the play was good or not.
In a show or a movie, one must work with many people. Many women just don't have the time for it.
If you don't have a story that will hold the audience, you won't have a successful show.
I don't care how good a song is - if it holds back the storyline, stalls the plot, your audience will reject it.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning could write a poem two pages long. Could she have brought it to a music publisher?
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