Alan Menken quotes

Alan Menken is an American composer and songwriter, best known for his work on numerous Disney animated films. His music has earned him multiple Academy Awards and recognition across the entertainment industry. He is celebrated for creating beloved soundtracks for films such as "The Little Mermaid," "Aladdin," and "Beauty and the Beast." Here are 5 of his quotes:

Collaboration is being open to each other's ideas and benefiting from each other's perspectives in an open way. Collaboration is all about rewriting and rewriting and rewriting and helping each other to constantly improve a piece. And, it's also about spurring each other on to doing really great, hard work - it's easier to do it in a collaboration than on your own. (Alan Menken)
Having a tradition is a great thing to work within, and maybe today [it] is the only way to really land musically dramatic work. View quote
Alan Menken
I've been very fortunate as a composer to be involved with projects that have really propelled my scores forward. I'm very proud of it. View quote
Alan Menken
What brought me to Disney was the new regime, which is now the old regime, came over with Michael Eisner, Frank Wells, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and all these people really wanted to reinvigorate the animated musical, so they came to Howard Ashman and me. That was my entry into Disney. View quote
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I've always juggled a lot of projects because at least half the projects you do get shelved. So you have to do a lot of things in order for things to move forward. View quote
Alan Menken

Alan Menken

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Photo: Sarah Ackerman, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: American Musician
Born: July 22, 1949
Quotes count: 5
Wikipedia: Alan Menken

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