Music Quote by Alan Menken

“The reality is that people need to be coaxed toward a musical. They need to understand why it's a musical.”

Alan Menken

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I'm not interested in being the producer of somebody else's song.

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My first success was 'Little Shop of Horrors,' and I had been working for years on jingles.

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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, to pick a genre I want to do is a little harder. I would say it's more about thinking, 'What genre will work for what kind of story?' And then, when all of that comes, I…

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I think the thing that strikes you when you come back to 'The Little Mermaid' after all of these years is the simplicity and…

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Music is a gestalt. Songs are a life force and they have specific vocabulary to them. You hear a few notes, and they take…

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I see my songs and shows almost like a mosaic - part of a bigger picture.

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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.

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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…

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