A song doesn't just come on. I've always had to tease it out, squeeze it out. 'No thesaurus can give you those words, no rhyming dictionary. They must happen out of you.
Love is the reason you were born. - Dorothy Fields
Love is the reason you were born.
- Dorothy Fields
A song doesn't just come on. I've always had to tease it out, squeeze it out. 'No thesaurus can give you those words, no rhyming dictionary. They mus… - Dorothy Fields
A song doesn't just come on. I've always had to tease it out, squeeze it out. 'No thesaurus can give you those words, no rhyming dictionary. They mus…
A songwriter should have friends who are similarly interested; should move about in the milieu of work he has chosen for himself. - Dorothy Fields
A songwriter should have friends who are similarly interested; should move about in the milieu of work he has chosen for himself.
I don't care how good a song is. If it holds back the storyline, stalls the plot, your audience will reject it. - Dorothy Fields
I don't care how good a song is. If it holds back the storyline, stalls the plot, your audience will reject it.
A song must move the story ahead. A song must take the place of dialogue. If a song halts the show, pushes it back, stalls it, the audience won't buy… - Dorothy Fields
A song must move the story ahead. A song must take the place of dialogue. If a song halts the show, pushes it back, stalls it, the audience won't buy…
If you don't have a story that will hold the audience, you won't have a successful show. - Dorothy Fields
If you don't have a story that will hold the audience, you won't have a successful show.
I began to be impressed by what made a good book-how you needed to have a sensible story, a plot that developed, with a beginning, a middle, and an e… - Dorothy Fields
I began to be impressed by what made a good book-how you needed to have a sensible story, a plot that developed, with a beginning, a middle, and an e…
The songwriter mustn't fall in love with his own song. If it doesn't belong, he can't push it into a show. Let him save it; maybe it'll fit in anothe… - Dorothy Fields
The songwriter mustn't fall in love with his own song. If it doesn't belong, he can't push it into a show. Let him save it; maybe it'll fit in anothe…
I do not think men have more talent. There are a great many women in the arts; novelists, painters, sculptors, poets-but the proportion is far lower … - Dorothy Fields
I do not think men have more talent. There are a great many women in the arts; novelists, painters, sculptors, poets-but the proportion is far lower …
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