--- title: "3 Howard Ashman Quotes - Famous Composer" description: "American playwright and lyricist (1950-1991)... | Howard Elliott Ashman was an American playwright, lyricist, and stage director. He is most widely know..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b125/author-howard-ashman-83924.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Howard Ashman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b125/author-howard-ashman-83924.jpg) # Howard Ashman (1950–1991) Composer **3** quotes in **31** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Howard Ashman was a composer. ## Quick Facts About Howard Ashman Born May 17, 1950 Died March 14, 1991 Profession Composer ## About Howard Ashman American playwright and lyricist (1950-1991)... \| Howard Elliott Ashman was an American playwright, lyricist, and stage director. He is most widely known for his work on feature films for Walt Disney Animation Studios, for which Ashman wrote the lyrics and Alan Menken composed the music. Ashman has been credited as being a main driving force behind ## Quotes by Howard Ashman > [In almost every musical ever written, there's a place that's usually about the third song of the evening - sometimes it's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-ashman/in-almost-every-musical-ever-written-there-s-a-place-that-s-usually/) Howard Ashman [Audience](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/audience/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b36/howard-ashman-83924_audience_in-almost-every-musical-ever-written-the_141748.jpg) > [“I was innocent but certain, now I'm wiser but unsure.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-ashman/i-was-innocent-but-certain-now-i-m-wiser-but-unsure/) Howard Ashman [Beauty and the beast](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty-and-the-beast/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9f/howard-ashman-83924_beauty-and-the-beast_i-was-innocent-but-certain-now-i-m-wiser_909784.png) > [“I want adventure in the great wide somewhere. I want it more than I can tell. And for once it might be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-ashman/i-want-adventure-in-the-great-wide-somewhere-i-want-it-more-than-i-2/) Howard Ashman [Adventure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adventure/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/768/howard-ashman-83924_adventure_i-want-adventure-in-the-great-wide-somew_2122361.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-ashman/#itemlist", "name": "Howard Ashman Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In almost every musical ever written, there's a place that's usually about the third song of the evening - sometimes it's the second, sometimes it's the fourth, but it's quite early - and the leading lady usually sits down on something; sometimes it's a tree stump in Brigadoon, sometimes it's under the pillars of Covent Garden in My Fair Lady, or it's a trash can in Little Shop of Horrors... but the leading lady sits down on something and sings about what she wants in life. 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