Whenever I get an idea for a song, even before jotting down the notes, I can hear it in the orchestra, I can smell it in the scenery, I can see the kind of actor who will sing it, and I am aware of an audience listening to it.
Richard RodgersRead
In many ways, a song-writing partnership is like a marriage. Apart from just liking each other, a lyricist and a composer should be able to spend long periods of time together - around the clock if need be - without getting on each other's nerves. Their goals, outlooks, and basic philosophies should be similar.
Interpretation
Songwriting partnerships require similar goals and compatibility, much like a marriage.
The quote emphasizes the importance of compatibility and shared vision in a songwriting partnership, comparing it to a marriage. Just as spouses must be able to work together harmoniously, collaborating songwriters need to enjoy each other's company and align in their creative pursuits to achieve successful results.
In practice
In a speech about teamwork at a songwriting workshop.
Whenever I get an idea for a song, even before jotting down the notes, I can hear it in the orchestra, I can smell it in the scenery, I can see the kind of actor who will sing it, and I am aware of an audience listening to it.
I would like, if I can, to broaden the possibilities of the musical theater. I think there's a better 'Oklahoma!' someplace, a better 'West Side Story.' And I'd like to be mixed up in it.
If somebody wants to sing my songs after I'm gone, nobody will be happier than my dead body.
There isn't anything I wanted to do that I haven't. At the same time, there isn't anything I've ever done that I didn't want to do better.
Marriage is the most natural state of man, and... the state in which you will find solid happiness.
Marriage, to women as to men, must be a luxury, not a necessity; an incident of life, not all of it.
Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship, explore your thoughts about one another candidly, work together for a common goal and help one another achieve it. No destructive lies. No ridiculous fears. No debilitating anger.
Betrayal answers betrayal, the mask of love is answered by the disappearance of love.
Why can't black women on stage tell stories that can affect white men in the audience?
If he didn't care about you, you couldn't upset him.
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