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Dorothy Fields

"A song must move the story ahead. A song must take the place of dialogue. If a song halts the show, pushes it back, stalls it, the audience won't buy it; they'll be unhappy."

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"A song must move the story ahead. A song must take the place of dialogue. If a song halts the show, pushes it back, stalls it, the audience won't buy it; they'll be unhappy."

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Donna Grant

"Miranda raised her eyebrows. Apparently she hadn't figured me for a country music fan. I liked her for that."

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Donna Grant

"Music reveals the deepest beauty of the soul."

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Donna Grant

"Music fills the void between the heart and soul and connects them in heavenly delights."

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Donna Grant

"I listen to music constantly while writing."

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Donna Grant

"Music heard so deeplyThat it is not heard at all, butyou are the musicWhile the music lasts."

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Donna Grant

"Music is the song of eternal love which touches the soul and fills us with joy."

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Donna Grant

"I think there is a song out there to describe just about any situation."

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Donna Grant

"Music is the language of the universe, which everyone, including all animals, can understand."

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Donna Grant

"Tax not so bad a voice to slander music any more than once."

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"Music is the primordial language of life. That is why we love it so much. Actually every animal can hear and understand music better than we do."

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Dorothy Fields
"A song must move the story ahead. A song must take the place of dialogue. If a song halts the show, pushes it back, stalls it, the audience won't buy it; they'll be unhappy."

Music

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Dorothy Fields
"The songwriter mustn't fall in love with his own song. If it doesn't belong, he can't push it into a show. Let him save it; maybe it'll fit in another show."

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Dorothy Fields
"Love is the reason you were born."

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Dorothy Fields
"I do not think men have more talent. There are a great many women in the arts; novelists, painters, sculptors, poets-but the proportion is far lower in the field of song writing."

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Dorothy Fields
"A rhyme doesn't make a song."

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Dorothy Fields
"A song just doesn't come on. I've always had to tease it out, squeeze it out."

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Dorothy Fields
"A songwriter should have friends who are similarly interested; should move about in the milieu of work he has chosen for himself."

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Dorothy Fields
"In a show or a movie, one must work with many people. Many women just don't have the time for it."

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Dorothy Fields
"Write what you feel. Write because of that need for expression."

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Dorothy Fields
"My father assigned me to keep his scrapbooks. At first I was interested in reading only his rave notices, but I got interested in reading what the critics were saying about whether the play was good or not."

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