Stephen Sondheim quotes - page 3

When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got your show on or you didn't. (Stephen Sondheim)
My mother wanted me off her hands. She was a working woman. She designed clothes, and she was a celebrity collector. It's my mother's ambition to be a celebrity. View quote
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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. View quote
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At last, my arm is complete again. View quote
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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? View quote
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Musicals are plays, but the last collaborator is your audience, so you've got to wait 'til the last collaborator comes in before you can complete the collaboration. View quote
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Oscar Hammerstein was a surrogate father during all those many days, and weeks and months when I didn't see my own father. View quote
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I would have been a geologist. View quote
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Two of the hardest words in the language to rhyme are life and love. Of all words! View quote
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The concerts you enjoy together Neighbors you annoy together Children you destroy together That make marriage a joy. View quote
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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)
There's a place for us, Somewhere a place for us Peace and quiet and open air wait for us, Somewhere. There's a time for us, Some day a time for us Time together with time to spare, time to look, time to care, Someday. Somewhere we'll find a new way of living. We'll find a way of forgiving, Somewhere.' View quote
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