Actor Quote by Art Garfunkel

Rodgers & Hammerstein shows have a purity of unironic emotion that imprints itself upon people's hearts. They seem to touch our feelings so effortlessly.…

— Mary Rodgers

After the Rodgers and Hammerstein revolution, songs became part of the story, as opposed to just entertainments in between comedy scenes.

— Stephen Sondheim

In the Rodgers and Hammerstein generation, popular hits came out of shows and movies.

— Stephen Sondheim

“Lots of people imagine wrongly that 'My Favorite Things' is one of my compositions; I would have loved to have written it, but it's…

— John Coltrane

“I’d like to quote the lyrics of Rodgers and Hammerstein—something that’s extremely easy to do when you’re in a library near 782.14 and all…

— Chris Grabenstein

They say that no one's gonna play this on the radio. They said the melancholy blues were dead and gone. But only songs like…

— Billy Joel

Musicals weren't on my radar.

— David Bryan

After a while, though, you realize that a whole slew of young singer-songwriter piano players are getting compared to you. That's when you feel…

— Tori Amos

In so many musicals today, the story is moved forward by a song. I don't think we're gonna try to do that.

— John Mellencamp

The history of popular music is littered with great partnerships. Rodgers had his Hammerstein, Lennon had his McCartney, and Lloyd Webber had… his photocopier…

— Humphrey Lyttelton

I figured the songs wouldn't make much of a splash. I didn't think 'Take Me To Church' would play on the radio or get…

— Hozier

New start or not, there was a line to be drawn, and that line was singing musicals to yourself as serious psychological motivation.

— Maureen Johnson