Actor Quote by Claire Tomalin

I finally wasn't interested in writing music that played while actors talked.

— Andre Previn

I firmly believe lyrics have to breathe and give the audience's ear a chance to understand what's going on. Particularly in the theater, where…

— Stephen Sondheim

Music and language are a vital element. We, as actors and directors, offer it to people who want to experience it. Sometimes the actual…

— Kenneth Branagh

Radio is such a perfect medium for the transmission of poetry, primarily because there just is the voice, there's no visual distraction.

— Billy Collins

“I need the words to find the music!”

— Pearl Cleage

“Music blows lyrics up very quickly, and suddenly they become more than art. They become pompous and they become self-conscious ... I firmly believe…

— Stephen Sondheim

Writing is looking for music between sentences.

— John Densmore

Music is only love looking for words.

— Lawrence Durrell

Music is a dialogue.

— Alex Van Halen

Music in itself carries a whole set of messages which are very, very rich and complex, and the words either serve to exclude certain…

— Brian Eno

If you're a film composer, you have the music tell the story of the character.

— Ludwig Goransson

I find reading books about music is sometimes tricky, because you can't hear it. But when you read a book about filmmaking, it's a…

— Bear McCreary