If one wants to go on living, one must evolve. Before, when we composed, we would start by a series of music themes. Once created, we would hire writers and lyricists to make up the text and the story line.… — Mitch Leigh Copy Share Image
'La Mancha' was a gift from me to me. I never thought for a minute it was going to be a hit. — Mitch Leigh Copy Share Image
Not exactly what the world was looking for, a musical on 'Don Quixote.' It was required reading in high school. — Mitch Leigh Copy Share Image
When you think of Mitch Leigh as a businessman, remember he's also a composer. And when you think of Mitch Leigh as a composer,… — Mitch Leigh Copy Share Image
If one wants to go on living, one must evolve. Before, when we composed, we would start by a series of music themes. Once… — Mitch Leigh Copy Share Image
You can't make money on advertising; you just have to seed the clouds. What you're after is word of mouth. — Mitch Leigh Copy Share Image
It's still word of mouth that is going to make or break a show, and while critics can't help a show, they can hurt… — Mitch Leigh Copy Share Image
My advice to singers is always the same: 'Don't sing the song, sing the lyric.' — Mitch Leigh Copy Share Image
I grew up in Brownsville; most of the kids I grew up with went to jail, not Yale. If they had heard of Yale,… — Mitch Leigh Copy Share Image
I was in the army, and I had given up the thought of being a composer. — Mitch Leigh Copy Share Image
You have to do what is real and what is right and what is good and what you believe in. It doesn't mean it's… — Mitch Leigh Copy Share Image
There's more musical freedom on Madison Avenue than anywhere else. It's an Eden for a composer. — Mitch Leigh Copy Share Image
If I do what I really want to do, I'm not going to do a typical commercial Broadway show, so I'm going to write… — Mitch Leigh Copy Share Image
I think if you see that no one is going to laugh at you for it, I think the concept of living nicely will… — Mitch Leigh Copy Share Image
