List of Stephen Sondheim Quotes

I Fell Into Lyric Writing Because Of Music. I Backed Into It.

I Took Piano Lessons When I Was 6. I Didn't Want To Go On With It. I Don't Remember Being Moved By A Piece Of Music.

Slotted Spoons Don't Hold Much Soup.

Johnny Depp's Performance Is Quite Remarkable. Sweeney's Desire For Revenge And The Simmering Anger And Hurt That He Feels Carry The Story Forward, And Johnny Finds The Most Remarkable Variety Within That Narrow Set Of Emotions. The Intensity Is At A Boil All The Time And He Never Drops It. It's Real Anger.

Swing Your Razor Wide! Sweeney, Hold It To The Skies!

For Anyone Approaching Any One Of The Cast Albums, If They Don't Like What They Hear, It's Not The Performer's Fault.

Let Pirelli's / Miracle Elixir / Activate Your Roots, Sir... Keep It Off Your Boots, Sir- / Eats Right Through. Yes, Get Pirelli's! / Use A Bottle Of It! / Ladies Seem To Love It... Flies Do, Too!

I Didn't Really Want To Write Just Lyrics, But I Wanted To Meet Leonard Bernstein. Music Was Always The First Reason I Was Writing Songs.

I Like Murder Mysteries, The Agatha Christie Kinds Of Things Where You Know That It's All Going To Be Neatly Wound Up At The End.

Automobile In America,chromium Steel In America,wire-spoke Wheel In America,very Big Deal In America!immigrant Goes To America,many Hellos In America,nobody Knows In America,puerto Rico's In America!i Like The Shores Of America!comfort Is Yours In America!knobs On The Doors In America!wall-to-wall Floors In America!

They All Deserve To Die. Even You, Mrs. Lovett Even I. Because The Lives Of The Wicked Should Be Made Brief For The Rest Of Us Death Would Be Relief.

Careful The Spell You Cast, Not Just On Children. Sometimes The Spell May Last Past What You Can See And Turn Against You... Careful The Tale You Tell. That Is The Spell.