Dorothy Fields Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
Dorothy Fields quotes and sayings page 2 (deceased musician born on Jul 15, 1905). These are the last 9 out of 19 quotes we have for her.
“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 another show.”
“Elizabeth Barrett Browning could write a poem two pages long. Could she have brought it to a music publisher?”
“I don't care how good a song is - if it holds back the storyline, stalls the plot, your audience will reject it.”
“If you don't have a story that will hold the audience, you won't have a successful show.”
“In a show or a movie, one must work with many people. Many women just don't have the time for it.”
“Keep it in tune with the times, but don't write with the specific purpose of trying to create a hit. If you're doing it strictly to make money, you're crazy. There are easier ways to make money.”
“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 in the field of song writing.”
“My father assigned me to keep his scrapbooks. At first I was interested in reading only his rave notices, but I got interested in reading what the critics were saying about whether the play was good or not.”
“We've accumulated a lot of things over the years and many things from our grandmother. Hopefully it'll be all right. I really don't want to cry, but I can't help it.”
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