Music Quote by Connie Willis

It's great when it all comes together in a great musical like 'Sweeney Todd,' when Stephen Sondheim writes songs from heaven, the book is…

— Dennis DeYoung

“It is a bad musical, but, like a bad lay, a bad musical can still do its job perfectly well.”

— Andrew Sean Greer

We got to see Sondheim shows, 'Phantom of the Opera,' 'Cats' and all sorts of stuff. When you're 10 or 11 years old, it's…

— Josh Groban

Popular music of the last 50 years has failed to keep in step with advances in musical theater, namely Stephen Sondheim. But the two…

— Stephin Merritt

What's great about musicals is their energy and go-for-brokeness - stopping the story to sing and dance. How can you not love that?

— Damien Chazelle

I saw Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, which I thought was a masterpiece. Not that long ago, I listened to Blackstar by David Bowie and…

— Kate Bush

I have a conflicted relationship with musicals, because I think the music itself can be so horrendous. It's an industry that relies on appealing…

— Colin Meloy

Some producers hang-on to that old cliche that if the audience hears the music, it is no good. I say this is so much…

— Henry Mancini

I adore the work of Stephen Sondheim. I like musicales in general. They make surprisingly great running tapes.

— Laura Lippman

The music is the emotional substance of the show; the book just sets it up. Nobody goes to a musical to hear the book.…

— James Lapine

I love musicals. When they work, there's nothing like it.

— Cristin Milioti

A lot of people, especially from my generation, don't like musicals because they feel so much has been put in there for no reason.

— Peaches