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Stephen Sondheim

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Birthdate March 22, 1930

Zodiac Aries

Location New York City, New York

Country United States

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Stephen Sondheim Quotes

When you know your cast well and their strengths and weaknesses, you can start writing for them, just the way Shakespeare wrote for his actors.

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Now, this one might be a little stringy, but then again, it's fiddle player.

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Alright! You sir, you sir, how about a shave?

Come and visit your good friend Sweeney.

You sir, too sir? Welcome to the grave.

I will have vengenance.

I will have salvation.

Who sir, you sir?

No ones in the chair, Come on! Come on!

Sweeney's. waiting. I want you bleeders.

You sir! Anybody!

Gentlemen now don't be shy!

Not one man, no, nor ten men.

Nor a hundred can assuage me.

I will have you!

And I will get him back even as he gloats

In the meantime I'll practice on less honorable throats.

And my Lucy lies in ashes

And I'll never see my girl again.

But the work waits!

I'm alive at last!

And I'm full of joy!

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If I cannot fly, let me sing.

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Was that me? Yes it was. Was that him? No it wasn't..

Just a trick of the woods!

Just a moment,

One peculiar passing moment.

Must it all be either less or more,

Either plain or grand?

Is it always 'or'?

Is it never 'and'?

That's what woods are for:

For those moments in the woods...

Oh, if life were made of moments,

Even now and then a bad one--!

But if life were only moments,

Then you'd never know you had one.

First a witch, then a child, then a Prince, then a moment--

Who can live in the woods?

And to get what you wish, only just for a moment--

These are dangerous woods..

Let the moment go..

Don't forget it for a moment, though.

Just remembering you had an 'and,' when you're back to 'or,'

Makes the 'or' mean more than is did before.

Now I understand--

And it's time to leave the woods.

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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.

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One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music.

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

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There's a hole in the world like a great black pit

and the vermin of the world inhabit it

and its morals aren't worth what a pig could spit

and it goes by the name of London.

At the top of the hole sit the privileged few

Making mock of the vermin in the lonely zoo

turning beauty to filth and greed...

I too have sailed the world and seen its wonders,

for the cruelty of men is as wonderous as Peru

but there's no place like London!

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TODD:

The history of the world, my love --

LOVETT:

Save a lot of graves,

Do a lot of relatives favors!

TODD:

Is those below serving those up above!

LOVETT:

Ev'rybody shaves,

So there should be plenty of flavors!

TODD:

How gratifying for once to know

BOTH:

That those above will serve those down below!

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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!

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Swing your razor wide! Sweeney, hold it to the skies!

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