"A song doesn't just come on. I've always……" — Dorothy Fields
"A song doesn't just come on. I've always had to tease it out, squeeze it out. 'No thesaurus can give you those words, no rhyming dictionary. They must happen out of you."
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Dorothy Fields
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26 Quotes by Dorothy Fields
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No matter where I run, I meet myself there.
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Grab your coat, and get your hat Leave your worry on the doorstep Just direct your feet To the sunny…
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I'm in the mood for love, simply because you're near me. Funny, but when you're near me I'm in the…
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I don't care how good a song is. If it holds back the storyline, stalls the plot, your audience will…
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The man in our society is the breadwinner; the woman has enough to do as the homemaker, wife and mother.
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Love is the reason for it all.
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Just direct your feet to the sunny side of the street.
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A song just doesn't come on. I've always had to tease it out, squeeze it out.
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Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, start all over again.
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Keep it in tune with the times, but don't write with the specific purpose of trying to create a hit.…
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A rhyme doesn't make a song.
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The songwriter mustn't fall in love with his own song. If it doesn't belong, he can't push it into a…
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