Hammerstein Quotes

Stephen Sondheim told me that Oscar Hammerstein believed everything that he wrote. So there's great truth in the songs, and that's what was so wonderful to find. (Bernadette Peters)
I feel very fortunate to have been associated with people such as Rodgers and Hammerstein. I think they were geniuses of their time. View quote
Shirley Jones
In the Rodgers and Hammerstein generation, popular hits came out of shows and movies. View quote
Stephen Sondheim
After the Rodgers and Hammerstein revolution, songs became part of the story, as opposed to just entertainments in between comedy scenes. View quote
Stephen Sondheim
Rodgers and Hammerstein didn't mean anything to me. I just wanted to have a hit, I just wanted to be like those people on the radio. It was all of a case of the present tense with no projecting into the future, particularly. View quote
Art Garfunkel
And what could be a hotter ticket than the improbable triumph of 'The Book of Mormon,' the musical-comedy moon shot of the season? Its creators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, of Comedy Central's 'South Park,' are the most unlikely Rodgers and Hammerstein team ever to bowl a thundering strike. View quote
James Wolcott
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
Stephen Sondheim
I have only one bit of advice to beginning writers: be sure your novel is read by Rodgers and Hammerstein. View quote
James A. Michener