Quotes by : Stephen Sondheim

Though it's fearful, Though it's deep, though it's dark And though you may lose the path, Though you....

Music blows lyrics up very quickly, and suddenly they become more than art. They become pompous and they....

One of the hardest things about writing lyrics is to make the lyrics sit on the music in such a way that....

Unless the object of the singer’s affection is a vampire, surely what Hart means is unphotogenic. Only....

The worst thing you can do is censor yourself as the pencil hits the paper. You must not edit until you....

I chose and my world was shaken, so what? The choice may have been mistaken, the choosing was not.

I'm interested in the theater because I'm interested in communication with audiences. Otherwise I would....

There's a hole in the world like a big black pit who are filled with people who are filled with shit.....

A folktale without a moral is merely a whimsy.

Music straightjackets a poem and prevents it from breathing on its own, whereas it liberates a lyric.....