I don't think it's a secret that New York tastemakers don't love my work. — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
Sting is such a hero of mine. I've admired him and his work for so long. — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
So many people are stuck in jobs for which they feel they aren't recognized - their work isn't recognized. — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
One of the nice things about live theater is if you do something and it doesn't work, it doesn't mean that there's… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
When I started working on ideas for 'Colors of the Wind,' I gave a lot of thought to the work of two… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
I think that I care, not so much about religion as I do morality and ethics and what is our responsibility as… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
I find a lot of things to do before I do eventually get to work. I have a built-in horror of missing… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
When one knows that some of one's work has resonated with other people and continues to do so, that's the most gratifying… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
I usually like to try to find a title as quickly as I can and work from the title, and then it… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
The thing that you have in England that we don't have in the U.S. is state-supported theatre. We have not-for-profit in the… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
You just have to know that some things are going to work and some things aren't, and sometimes that's completely out of… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
Obviously it was my childhood dream to be a musical theatre composer and lyricist, but not all dreams come true, and I… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
Bringing your show to Broadway is an economic decision on the part of producers and investors that may or may not happen, but sharing… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share
You wouldn't walk into a music store and walk out with a piece of music under your arm. So why would it be acceptable… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share
There have always been discussions about a 'Pippin' movie. I think it would lend itself very well to film if one could solve how… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share
When I was in high school, I worked at a theatre on Long Island, where I grew up, in the box office and parking… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share
When I perform I try and focus on the lyrics and my interpretation of the lyrics. — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share
I think it would be really cool to see 'Enchanted' on Broadway - there's been discussion of it from time to time. You'd have… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share
I was very happy in Hollywood. I was doing extremely well there and things were good. — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share
That was what I always wanted to do for my whole life, to write music in the service of telling stories and communicating ideas… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share
I had always been interested in opera, going back to my college days at Carnegie Mellon. In my last year there, I even wrote… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share
With Bernstein, because we wound up always working music first, it was where I really feel I learned how to write lyrics as a… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share
In 'Wicked,' we developed the concept that Glinda has a public persona who sings in soprano and a private persona who is, you know,… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share
Alan Menken is so gifted in terms of coming up with these great melodies. What I learned from working with him was how to… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share
I like works about familiar stories, where one spins the point of view and looks at it from another angle. — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share
Excuse me, there's no pretense here. I happen to be genuinely self-absorbed and deeply shallow. — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share
