By the time a show gets on, I've written these songs and heard them over and over and over again. — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
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
I think it would be really cool to see 'Enchanted' on Broadway - there's been discussion of it from time to time.… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
I had a very long time, a period where shows that I had done were not successful or not initially successful, and,… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
I've won a few professional resume awards in my time, probably lost more of them that I've won. — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
I've failed many, many times. You can't be in this business and not fail. When you fail, you want to learn from… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
I feel what's happened in our society in contemporary times is a severe lack of empathy. — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
For one thing, when I started working in the musical theater, there was no such thing as shows which ran 20 years.… — 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
When hard times come, the greatest danger does not necessarily lie in the circumstances we face, but rather in the way we… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
Early on in the marriage-equality debate in this country, I and a lot of people involved with 'Wicked' did some benefits, concerts,… — 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
