Stephen Sondheim Quotes

The dumbing down of the country reflects itself on Broadway. The shows get dumber, and the public gets used to them. - Stephen Sondheim

The concerts you enjoy together neighbors you annoy together children you destroy together that make marriage a joy. - Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim was there to coach us. It was wonderful. He'd say surprising things: I shouldn't enunciate too fully when I sang 'Not Getting Married Today' from 'Company' because it would throw the rhyme scheme off. Usually you are encouraged to enunciate as clearly as possible. But his tips would make a song more effective. - Stephen Sondheim

Sondheim Sings: Volume II (1946-60). - Stephen Sondheim

Sometimes people leave you halfway through the woods. Do not let it grieve you, no one leaves for good. - Stephen Sondheim

So many good songs get written fast, because you know exactly what has to work. - Stephen Sondheim

Oscar Hammerstein was a surrogate father during all those many days, and weeks and months when I didn't see my own father. - Stephen Sondheim

One of the hardest things about writing lyrics is to make the lyrics sit on the music in such a way that you're not aware there was a writer there. - Stephen Sondheim

One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music. - Stephen Sondheim

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. - Stephen Sondheim

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