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.
More Quotes from Dorothy Fields:
I do think song writing is a man's game. It requires push, energy, movement, mixing it is a field that is and has been dominated by men.Dorothy Fields
If you don't have a story that will hold the audience, you won't have a successful show.
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.
Dorothy Fields
The audience, going along with the story, knows when the song is stuck in, feels it, resents it and can't enjoy it, and the song fails.
Dorothy Fields
Elizabeth Barrett Browning could write a poem two pages long. Could she have brought it to a music publisher?
Dorothy Fields
I don't care how good a song is - if it holds back the storyline, stalls the plot, your audience will reject it.
Dorothy Fields
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