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 another show.

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There aren't more lady songwriters for the same reason that there aren't more lady doctors or lady accountants or lady lawyers; not enough women have the time for careers.

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I don't care how good a song is - if it holds back the storyline, stalls the plot, your audience will reject it.

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A song just doesn't come on. I've always had to tease it out, squeeze it out.

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No thesaurus can give you those words, no rhyming dictionary. They must happen out of you.

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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 end that would tie everything together.

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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.

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Quotes by Dorothy Fields