My style of writing has been influenced by sort of scavenging the pieces of music that I've heard, and it'll just be… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
That was what I always wanted to do for my whole life, to write music in the service of telling stories and… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
With Bernstein, because we wound up always working music first, it was where I really feel I learned how to write lyrics… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
You wouldn't walk into a music store and walk out with a piece of music under your arm. So why would it… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
Musical theater tends to be word-driven, whereas opera gives you so much more scope for driving the story with the music. — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
Musical theater, I think, is something one learns both from studying what went before and then actually doing it. — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
I'm very good at and enjoy writing angry songs, and 'Lost in the Wilderness' was when I started to first harness that… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
Alan Menken is so gifted in terms of coming up with these great melodies. What I learned from working with him was… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
While many of my musicals deal with big themes and ideas, I don't intentionally go looking to write shows like that. A… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
I don't know what draws these other composers to opera, but for me, it's just this incredibly rich medium for storytelling. And… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
When musical theatre is working and people are really connecting with the characters, and then the music adds that strong emotional element,… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
One of the jobs, I think, of a lyricist - whether I'm working to my own music or I'm collaborating with someone… — 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
In some ways, writing music is an art because so much of it is instinctive and sort of below consciousness, and lyric… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
Shows like 'Glee' and 'American Idol' have been a big boost to the whole idea of young people pursuing a singing career… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
Being able to use art and music not just to communicate, but to have a positive effect on people, that's significant to… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
I'm always collaborating with other writers because I don't write my own books for musicals. — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
When I was starting out, there was a big gap between pop music and show music. But thanks to 'Hair,' theater songs… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
The issues that people have in developing their shows tend to be the same, which have to do with how to structure… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
From a philosophical point of view, if I had one song of mine that I would want to live on, it is… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
Normally, for a musical, the first step with my collaborators is to figure out the story and the outline and really be… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
When I perform I try and focus on the lyrics and my interpretation of the lyrics. — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
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 Image
I was very happy in Hollywood. I was doing extremely well there and things were good. — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
