I see my songs and shows almost like a mosaic - part of a bigger picture. — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
I'm a very style-driven composer, and I like to give every project its own unique stamp. — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
When I write the music for any of my songs, I write as a composer-lyricist in my head. — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
Music is a gestalt. Songs are a life force and they have specific vocabulary to them. You hear a few notes, and… — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
I'm very proud of 'Will the Sun Ever Shine Again.' That was a song written very close to the 9/11 event. — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
I don't write songs for myself anymore. I only write songs on assignment. It's purely a business, but it is still so… — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
I always wanted to have a villain song for Hades in 'Hercules,' but I couldn't figure out how we would have Hades… — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
The act of writing a song involves a degree of letting go of yourself, and that's very much being a child. — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
Songs should have an infectious melody and rhythm and, I think, should elicit an emotion of happiness or of celebration or of… — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
Any musical form that has been around long enough to have cultural resonance beyond just being a cutting edge kind of communication… — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
Whatever I gain from writing lyrics, I feel I lose a little bit for the musical aspect by having that lyrical burden… — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
It's writing songs within the structure of telling a story, so it becomes a platform for diverse songwriting, for a writing process… — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
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… — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
You're creating a score that has to have an emotional and story logic to it. You want a dramatic arc. You want… — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
Every time I play 'Part of Your World,' a whole part of my life comes back to me. It's just inescapable - it was… — Alan Menken Copy Share
My first success was 'Little Shop of Horrors,' and I had been working for years on jingles. — Alan Menken Copy Share
Part of the job is knowing how to use this medium in the most effective way for the story you're telling, so for me,… — Alan Menken Copy Share
I'll always work with my collaborator in the room so I have a reaction on a note-by-note basis. I know in my gut when… — Alan Menken Copy Share
I think the thing that strikes you when you come back to 'The Little Mermaid' after all of these years is the simplicity and… — Alan Menken Copy Share
Music is a gestalt. Songs are a life force and they have specific vocabulary to them. You hear a few notes, and they take… — Alan Menken Copy Share
I have an awards cabinet in my studio where I keep my eight Oscars, my 11 Grammys, my seven Golden Globes, and my Tony Award. — Alan Menken Copy Share
My favorite thing is a brand-new project from scratch because you really never know how they're going to come to life. Going back for… — Alan Menken Copy Share
Truth be told, of course, what I enjoy most is reinventing myself and doing new projects where I work in new genres, or I… — Alan Menken Copy Share
I love 'The Gospel Truth,' the song that opened up 'Hercules.' I thought that song was a lot of fun, and I really enjoyed… — Alan Menken Copy Share
Collaboration is all about rewriting and rewriting and rewriting and helping each other to constantly improve a piece. And, it's also about spurring each… — Alan Menken Copy Share
I have the ability to clear the decks and focus on what's happening in the moment. And I get to spend my life doing… — Alan Menken Copy Share
Movies, there are moments when you're writing a song or demoing, a moment in the recording studio. Musicals much more just eat up your… — Alan Menken Copy Share
