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"When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got your show on or you didn't."
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"When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got your show on or you didn't."
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"I've always dreamed of growing up to be Amy Poehler."
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"As a Latino growing up in Spanish harlem, it's not easy trying not to be hot-headed."
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"I was on the set when I was five years old with Spencer Tracy. A lot of what I learned growing up in terms of artistry is very clean, very tidy, very organized."
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"Growing up, I was the plain one. I had no style. I was the tough kid with the comb in the back pocket and the feathered hair."
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"I was growing up listening to Queen. Freddie Mercury threw those incredible melodies into his songs."
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"Growing up in public is especially hard sometimes."
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"Conway Twitty was always our local hero while I was growing up. He had a series of good bands. I wanted to sit in, if Conway would let me. And he did a couple of times."
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"I was a handful growing up."
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"The thrill I got discovering Buster Keaton when I was growing up was so exciting. He was one of the greats."
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"When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got your show on or you didn't."
Growing up
"The dumbing down of the country reflects itself on Broadway. The shows get dumber, and the public gets used to them."
Country
"The worst thing you can do is censor yourself as the pencil hits the paper. You must not edit until you get it all on paper. If you can put everything down, stream-of-consciousness, you'll do yourself a service."
Service
"I firmly believe lyrics have to breathe and give the audience's ear a chance to understand what's going on. Particularly in the theater, where you have costume, story, acting, orchestra."
Acting
"Math and music are intimately related. Not necessarily on a conscious level, but sure."
Music
"By the time I was 22, I was a professional. A young and flawed professional, but not an amateur."
Time
"So many good songs get written fast, because you know exactly what has to work."
Work
"Every writer I've ever spoken to feels fraudulent in some way or other."
Writer
"I played the organ when I went to military school, when I was 10. They had a huge organ, the second-largest pipe organ in New York State. I loved all the buttons and the gadgets. I've always been a gadget man."
Man
"One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music."
Music
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