Oscar Hammerstein Quotes
- Asking me what I think of Oscar (Hammerstein) is like asking me what I think of the Yankees, Man o' War and Strawberry Sundaes. — Billy Rose
- Oscar Hammerstein was a surrogate father during all those many days, and weeks and months when I didn't see my own father. — Stephen Sondheim
- I was essentially trained by Oscar Hammerstein to think of songs as one-act plays, to move a song from point A to point B dramatically. — Stephen Sondheim
- Stephen Sondheim told me that Oscar Hammerstein believed everything that he wrote. So there's great truth in the songs, and that's what was so wonderful… — Bernadette Peters