Grow Quote by Leslie Bricusse

Writing songs and lyrics is not that different from doing the 'Times' crossword every morning. They both give you a good mental workout.

— Leslie Bricusse

As a complete score, I love 'Sherlock Holmes' - but we cast it badly. We put Ron Moody into the part - a great…

— Leslie Bricusse

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

— Leslie Bricusse

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…

— Leslie Bricusse

I'm musical in the sense that I can write a song, but I realised when I was learning the piano as a child that…

— Leslie Bricusse

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

— Leslie Bricusse

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

— Leslie Bricusse

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…

— Leslie Bricusse

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…

— Leslie Bricusse

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

— Leslie Bricusse

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

— Leslie Bricusse

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…

— Leslie Bricusse