Really Quotes by Mitch Leigh

Not exactly what the world was looking for, a musical on 'Don Quixote.' It was required reading in high school.

— Mitch Leigh

The old joke was Mitch Leigh, land baron, barren land.

— Mitch Leigh

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

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

You can't make money on advertising; you just have to seed the clouds. What you're after is word of mouth.

— Mitch Leigh

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

My advice to singers is always the same: 'Don't sing the song, sing the lyric.'

— Mitch Leigh

When I left Yale, I was prepared to write anything.

— Mitch Leigh

I applied to Yale, and I got in.

— Mitch Leigh

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

I was in the army, and I had given up the thought of being a composer.

— Mitch Leigh

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

There's more musical freedom on Madison Avenue than anywhere else. It's an Eden for a composer.

— Mitch Leigh

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

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