#song

When we started I wasn't the singer. I was the drunk rhythm guitarist who wrote all these weird songs. ↗

— Robert Smith

#guitarist #i #rhythm #singer #songs

After the Rodgers and Hammerstein revolution, songs became part of the story, as opposed to just entertainments in between comedy scenes. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#became #between #comedy #entertainments #hammerstein

I don't listen to recordings of my songs. I don't avoid it, I just don't go out of my way to do it. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#go #i #just #listen #out

If you're dealing with a musical in which you're trying to tell a story, it's got to sound like speech. At the same time it's got to be a song. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#got #like #musical #same #song

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

#back #because #convention #enjoy #generally

So many good songs get written fast, because you know exactly what has to work. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#exactly #fast #get #good #good songs

My songs grow on people - like warts. ↗

— Glenn Frey

#like #people #songs #warts

Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song. Until I heard 'Little Earthquakes' all my lyrics used really obvious analogies like rain for tears. ↗

— Hal Sparks

#earthquakes #had #heard #how #i

Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song. ↗

— Hal Sparks

#had #how #i #influence #major

My own personal favorite Cher song is the unforgettable Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves. ↗

— Brent Spiner

#favorite #gypsies #my own #own #personal