Best quotes by Dorothy Fields on Song

Checkout quotes by Dorothy Fields on Song

• ‟ 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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• ‟ I don't care how good a song is - if it holds back the storyline, stalls the plot, your audience will reject it.

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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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• ‟ A song just doesn't come on. I've always had to tease it out, squeeze it out.

  - Dorothy Fields
  

• ‟ A rhyme doesn't make a song.

  - Dorothy Fields