Famous Lyricists Quotes & Quotations

Famous Lyricists Quotes & Quotations

Lyricist quotes

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Lyricist quotes

	" It's not just a revue where one song is done, then another. There are concepts and ideas at work. "		Hal David

	" A rhyme doesn't make a song. "		Dorothy Fields

	" A song just doesn't come on. I've always had to tease it out, squeeze it out. "		Dorothy Fields

	" A song must move the story ahead. A song must take the place of dialogue. If a song halts the show, pushes it back, stalls it, the audience won't buy it; they'll be unhappy. "		Dorothy Fields

	" A songwriter should have friends who are similarly interested; should move about in the milieu of work he has chosen for himself. "		Dorothy Fields

	" A woman may write a book at home, at her leisure, and that's it. When it's finished it goes off to the publisher. "		Dorothy Fields

	" Elizabeth Barrett Browning could write a poem two pages long. Could she have brought it to a music publisher? "		Dorothy Fields

	" Grab your coat, and get your hatLeave your worry on the doorstepJust direct your feetTo the sunny side of the street. "		Dorothy Fields

	" I began to be impressed by what made a good book-how you needed to have a sensible story, a plot that developed, with a beginning, a middle, and an end that would tie everything together. "		Dorothy Fields

	" I do not think men have more talent. There are a great many women in the arts; novelists, painters, sculptors, poets-but the proportion is far lower in the field of song writing. "		Dorothy Fields

	" I do think song writing is a man's game. It requires push, energy, movement, mixing; it is a field that is and has been dominated by men. "		Dorothy Fields

	" I don't care how good a song is-if it holds back the storyline, stalls the plot, your audience will reject it. "		Dorothy Fields

	" If you don't have a story that will hold the audience, you won't have a successful show. "		Dorothy Fields

	" In a show or a movie, one must work with many people. Many women just don't have the time for it. "		Dorothy Fields

	" Keep it in tune with the times, but don't write with the specific purpose of trying to create a hit. If you're doing it strictly to make money, you're crazy. There are easier ways to make money. "		Dorothy Fields

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