Character Quote by Stephen Sondheim Download Open image “When I'm writing a song, I try to be the character.” — Stephen Sondheim ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Character Music Song Try Writing
When I'm writing music, I'm not playing a character. I'm not Alice Cooper or Gene Simmons or someone like that, who has acknowledged that… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
When I write songs, I try to remove myself a little bit. Obviously, they're very personal to me, but it feels easier if I… — Hozier Copy Share Image
Musically, though, you're a character and you're singing a song. If you're not your own character, you're the character in the song, most of… — Jack White Copy Share Image
In all my songs, I take on roles and play characters. It's a unique way to explore ideas and decisions I might not think… — Jack White Copy Share Image
I'm a songwriter, an artist, and a musician. I do not have to try to be that; I just am. — Linda Perry Copy Share Image
I do develop characters for songs, and I think of everything as storytelling, in a way. But I don't plan out what they're going… — Julia Holter Copy Share Image
I've written about a lot of different things, but the whole idea of writing for another character is unusual for pop music... Most of… — Randy Newman Copy Share Image
I see myself as different characters in my music, but all pertaining to real life. — Quincy Brown Copy Share Image
I learned early in my writing career that if I try to tailor a song for someone else, I'm usually off base. They're usually… — Brenda Russell Copy Share Image
“They all deserve to die. Tell you why, Mrs. Lovett, tell you why. Because in all of the whole human race Mrs Lovett, there… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
It's not so hard to be married, I've done it three or four times. — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I don't find my life that interesting. The shows, maybe. But not me. — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
“Careful the things you say, Children will listen. Careful the things you do, Children will see. And learn. Children may not obey But children… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
“Because in all of the whole human race Mrs. Lovett, there are two kinds of men and only two There's the one staying put… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I love computers. I love writing on them. I love gadgetry. The thing is: I am a slow reader. So, if I am going… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I have inherited my father's sense of humour about myself. It's a lot more pleasant to make fun of yourself than when someone else… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface. — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
Musicals are, by nature, theatrical, meaning poetic, meaning having to move the audience's imagination and create a suspension of disbelief, by which I mean… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
Nowadays, there are sometimes more producers than there are people in the cast, because it takes that much money to put a show on. — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I'm often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don't think I've actually cried watching myself. — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
When you're on a daytime drama you get one page, you better damn well know your character. You better know what she would do… — David Hudgins Copy Share Image
It can sometimes make people fold into themselves and kind of run away, but I think in this case these characters are being forced… — Emily Deschanel Copy Share Image
If you are well-mannered towards those whose views are similar to yours, you may be said to exhibit a fairly good character. But, if… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end. — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
Your looks don't make you pretty, it's the person inside who makes you pretty! — Aaron Chan Copy Share Image
I'm not a huge social media kind of guy, so I don't really know, I don't really ever get... at least in real life,… — Freddie Stroma Copy Share Image
If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And… — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image
