When I first started working at Disney animation, I can't tell you how many people said to me, 'Oh, man, take a powder.' Nobody takes animated musicals seriously. I swear. — 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
