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STEPHEN SONDHEIM QUOTES

If I cannot fly,
Let me sing.

STEPHEN SONDHEIM, Sweeney Todd

Art ... is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.

STEPHEN SONDHEIM, interview, July 5, 2005

Stay a child while you can be a child.

STEPHEN SONDHEIM, Into the Woods

There's a hole in the world
Like a great black pit
And the vermin of the world
Inhabit it ...
And it goes by the name of London.

STEPHEN SONDHEIM, Sweeney Todd

I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface.

STEPHEN SONDHEIM, Newsweek, Apr. 23, 1973

To wish and wait
From day to day
Will never keep
The wolves away.

STEPHEN SONDHEIM, Into the Woods

Music blows lyrics up very quickly, and suddenly they become more than art. They become pompous and they become self-conscious ... I firmly believe that lyrics have to breathe and give the audience's ear a chance to understand what's going on. Particularly in the theater, where you not only have the music, but you've got costume, story, acting, orchestra. There's a lot to take in.

STEPHEN SONDHEIM, interview, July 5, 2005

The last collaborator is your audience ... when the audience comes in, it changes the temperature of what you've written. Things that seem to work well -- work in a sense of carry the story forward and be integral to the piece -- suddenly become a little less relevant or a little less functional or a little overlong or a little overweight or a little whatever. And so you start reshaping from an audience.

STEPHEN SONDHEIM, interview, July 5, 2005

Perpetual anticipation is good for the soul but it's bad for the heart.

STEPHEN SONDHEIM, A Little Night Music

My cage has many rooms.

STEPHEN SONDHEIM, Sweeney Todd

Any moment, big or small,
Is a moment, after all.
Seize the moment, skies may fall
Any moment.

STEPHEN SONDHEIM, Into the Woods

The concerts you enjoy together
Neighbors you annoy together
Children you destroy together
That make a marriage a joy.

STEPHEN SONDHEIM, Company

Anyone Can Whistle - a brief overview of the Stephen Sondheim musical.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - a brief overview of the Sondheim musical.

Gypsy - a brief overview of the Sondheim musical.

Into the Woods - a brief overview of the Sondheim musical.

Pacific Overtures - a brief overview of the Sondheim musical.

Sweeney Todd - a brief overview of the Sondheim musical.

West Side Story - a brief overview of the Sondheim musical.


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