Audience Quote by Dorothy Fields

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 found out a long time ago that if I didn't have a good story for a song, I could just make one up!…

— Ronny Cox

On stage, generally speaking, the story is stopped or held back by songs, because that's the convention. Audiences enjoy the song and the singer,…

— Stephen Sondheim

A song must move the story ahead. A song must take the place of dialogue. If a song halts the show, pushes it back,…

— Dorothy Fields

I think that if you have a strong narrative, if the idea of the song can be boiled down to the basics, it won't…

— Suzanne Vega

I think a lot of composers get into trouble just making up a plot and expecting an audience to follow that.

— John Eaton

The funny thing is, people's perceptions of what a song is about is usually wrong a majority of the time. But they're still going…

— Vince Gill

My concern has always been to write songs that my audience, my fans are able to identify with.

— Guru Randhawa

To have a song work for the movie, it can't just be written apart and shoved in. It's got to come out of the…

— John Hughes

I believe a great song will always attract its audience and get is due.

— Jubin Nautiyal

I never choose a genre over quality. I never think, 'I want to do that,' and sacrifice the fact it might not be very…

— Colin Morgan

I've always thought that a lot of really good writers go wrong by getting so into the craft and the technique and perfection. Perfection…

— Patterson Hood