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- Musical
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Musical comedies aren't written, they are rewritten.
- May
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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.
- I Was Raised
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I was raised to be charming, not sincere.
- Good
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Nice is different than good.
- Feel
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The fact is popular art dates. It grows quaint. How many people feel strongly about Gilbert and Sullivan today compared to those who felt strongly in 1890?
- Idea
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My idea of heaven is not writing.
- Communication
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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.
- Love
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I love the theater as much as music, and the whole idea of getting across to an audience and making them laugh, making them cry - just making them feel - is paramount to me.
- Long
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When the song is part of the action and working as dialogue, even two minutes is way too long.
- Care
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My parents weren't around much, but I assumed everybody's family was the same. I didn't know people had mummies and daddies who would give them milk and cookies after school. I just thought everybody lived on Central Park West and they had a nanny to take care of them.
- Love
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Every single song I've ever written is sung by a character created by somebody else. Some might have a jaundiced view of love, some don't. But none of these songs is me singing - not a single one.
- Move
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I was essentially trained by Oscar Hammerstein to think of songs as one-act plays, to move a song from point A to point B dramatically.
- May
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I'm always conscious of what I'm writing, conscious of what the actor may ask me. I have a defense for nearly every line in the song.
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When I'm writing a song, I try to be the character.
- Great
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