I would never have become music director of the Chicago Symphony, which would have been an extremely sad loss.
Georg Solti
But one day, when I was still young, I was parted from my family and left my native country. I hunted and searched for music, and destiny turned me... →
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... →
Stephen Sondheim
One of the hardest things about writing lyrics is to make the lyrics sit on the music in such a way that you're not aware there was a writer... →
Making lyrics feel natural, sit on music in such a way that you don't feel the effort of the author, so that they shine and bubble and rise and... →
I'm interested in the theater because I'm interested in communication with audiences. Otherwise I would be in concert music.
Math and music are intimately related. Not necessarily on a conscious level, but sure.
One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to... →
I fell into lyric writing because of music. I backed into it.
If you force yourself to write away from the piano, you come up with more inventive things. If you're too good a piano player, as some composers... →