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“'Retirement' is a dirty word. Luckily, I can carry on working until I drop, provided I retain my mental abilities.” quote by Leslie Bricusse — Download Open image

“'Retirement' is a dirty word. Luckily, I can carry on working until I drop, provided I retain my mental abilities.”

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“It's a new dawn It's a new day It's a new life for me And I'm feeling good”

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When I wake up, if I can't figure something out during the daytime and then wake up at 4 A.M., it's there immediately. I…

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I fell in love with the idea of writing songs when I was a child. I thought I was going to be a journalist…

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It takes a while to get a show on, and I've a number that have not yet been produced. I want to see all…

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I was talking to a TV bigwig, and he said, 'Nobody under 35 knows who Sammy Davis is.' Well, you'll hear angry denials of…

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I never try to predict what will happen to any project, ever. There are so many factors. Does the public like the subject matter,…

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When I write a song, I hear the music and words at the same time - one suggests the form of the other.

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It's much easier to write a song for a musical than just writing a song because, writing for a musical, you know what the…

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I wanted to grow up to be George and Ira Gershwin from the age of about six.

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