"I guess I think of a musical as something in which the music is sort of like the engine of the piece - whether it is in the theatre or in film."

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Source : "InDepth InterView: John Kander". Interview with Pat Cerasaro, www.broadwayworld.com. November 2, 2010.

John Kander

#Thinking Quotes #Musical Quotes #Theatre Quotes

“I would ask every man and every woman who's had the blessing of having children, 'Would you deny your son or your daughter the ecstasy of finding someone to love?' To love someone takes a lot of courage. So how much more is one challenged when the love is of the same sex and the laws say, 'I forbid you from loving this person'?”
“Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.”
“I used to think being loved was the greatest thing to think about, but now I know love is never satisfied just thinking about it.”
“A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from the beginning of the world, and to have been making continual additions to his stock of knowledge in every century.”
“When there's music in your soul, there's soul in your music.”
“A wise politician will never grudge a genuflexion or a rapture if it is expected of him by prevalent opinion.”

Source : 'The Endless Adventure' (1930) vol. 1, pt. 1, ch. 20
“I never say what I mean, but I always manage to say something similar.”
“My purpose holds to sail beyond the sunset and the baths of all the Western stars until I die.”

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