I don't write songs for myself anymore. I only write songs on assignment. It's purely a business, but it is still so important to me emotionally.
I don't write songs for myself anymore. I only write songs on assignment. It's purely a business, but it is still so important to me emotionally. - Alan Menken
- Alan Menken
The best parts about writing a show are [its] first, second and 10th anniversaries. Everything else is relative levels of hell. - Alan Menken
The best parts about writing a show are [its] first, second and 10th anniversaries. Everything else is relative levels of hell.
Whether it's animated, whether it's live-action, whether it's Broadway, whether it's television, a musical is a musical is a musical. So, pretty much… - Alan Menken
Whether it's animated, whether it's live-action, whether it's Broadway, whether it's television, a musical is a musical is a musical. So, pretty much…
Having a tradition is a great thing to work within, and maybe today [it] is the only way to really land musically dramatic work. - Alan Menken
Having a tradition is a great thing to work within, and maybe today [it] is the only way to really land musically dramatic work.
What brought me to Disney was the new regime, which is now the old regime, came over with Michael Eisner, Frank Wells, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and all th… - Alan Menken
What brought me to Disney was the new regime, which is now the old regime, came over with Michael Eisner, Frank Wells, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and all th…
Collaboration is being open to each other's ideas and benefiting from each other's perspectives in an open way. Collaboration is all about rewriting … - Alan Menken
Collaboration is being open to each other's ideas and benefiting from each other's perspectives in an open way. Collaboration is all about rewriting …
I've been very fortunate as a composer to be involved with projects that have really propelled my scores forward. I'm very proud of it. - Alan Menken
I've been very fortunate as a composer to be involved with projects that have really propelled my scores forward. I'm very proud of it.
I've always juggled a lot of projects because at least half the projects you do get shelved. So you have to do a lot of things in order for things to… - Alan Menken
I've always juggled a lot of projects because at least half the projects you do get shelved. So you have to do a lot of things in order for things to…
If you write enough musicals you pretty much have a sense of where they should go, what you'll need, and when; how to pull people on that journey. - Alan Menken
If you write enough musicals you pretty much have a sense of where they should go, what you'll need, and when; how to pull people on that journey.
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