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- Nov 07, 2020
I never took any vocal training.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started studying music at the age of five and a half. My older sister was taking piano lessons. When her teacher left our apartment, I would get up on the piano bench and start picking out the notes that were part of my sister's lessons.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that when NASA works on a moon shot, they know too well that all of the people working on it must do their job at 110 percent. Sometimes they probably put in 18 hour days, but they're aiming for the moon, and that's what counts.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always drawn to Broadway musicals, and obviously composers like Gershwin, Rodgers, Berlin and Porter were writing music that I found wildly impressive.
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- Nov 07, 2020
There have been studies that clearly state that children who are exposed to arts education at a young age will in fact do markedly better in their SAT tests.
- Nov 07, 2020
If I'm within reach and can be helpful, I have a tendency to say 'Yes.' It's hard to say 'No.'
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- Nov 07, 2020
As I get older, I'm slowing down and, yes, calming down in my desire to be taken seriously. That I can be entertaining and funny and high nervous energy can work against me as a serious composer, slowly but surely you'll see me be quieter just so that people will listen.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My show business career doesn't mean I can't write a symphony. It just means I was never asked to write one.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Maybe I'm old-fashioned. But I remember the beauty and thrill of being moved by Broadway musicals - particularly the endings of shows.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Normally I can balance two or three things. The problem is when you're out of work and don't have anything to balance. I think people assume you're always busy. You go through dry spells.
- Biggest Thrill
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- Nov 07, 2020
The biggest thrill you can have is to tell people one of your songs, and have them be able to hum it.
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- Nov 07, 2020
From the time I could play the piano, I remember trying to write tunes. They were in my head, and I would just sit down and start noodling. Next thing I knew, I had written a melody.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let's say music is needed for only 43 seconds of film. You have to score it so it is an entity, so it won't bother anyone when it ends so quickly. Or if a song runs 2 minutes and 45 seconds, but the titles run a minute longer, you have to arrange that song so it doesn't get repetitious.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not one of those people who says, 'I never read reviews,' because I don't believe those people.
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- Nov 07, 2020