Meredith Willson Quotes

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• Where is the good in goodbye?
• From the explanatory notes that Willson wrote to accompany his symphony, A Symphony of San Francisco,: "Generally speaking, the first movement is intended to convey…
• The coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave man...only five hundred.
• It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go; Take a look in the five-and-ten, glistening once again. With candy canes and silver…
• Regarding The Music Man, Jay Nordlinger wrote: The Music Man (for which Willson also wrote the lyrics) is an astonishing creation. It came in a…
• You pile up enough tomorrows and you'll be left with nothing but a bunch of empty yesterdays. I don't know about you, but I'd like…
• Never let the demands of tomorrow interfere with the pleasures and excitement of today.
• Most playwrights go wrong on the fifth word. When you start a play and you type 'Act one, scene one,' your writing is every bit…
• Regarding the current Broadway revival of The Music Man, Jay Nordlinger wrote: There will always be those who sniff that the show is "feel good"-but,…
• Speaking of River City in The Music Man & his home town, Mason City, Iowa: I didn't have to make up anything. I simply remembered…
• There were birds in the sky, but I never saw them winging, No I never saw them at all, Until there was you.

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