Keep it in tune with the times, but don't write with the specific purpose of trying to create a hit. If you're doing it strictly to make money, you're crazy. There are easier ways to make money.

A rhyme doesn't make a 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.

Keep it in tune with the times, but don't write with the specific purpose of trying to create a hit. If you're doing it strictly to make money, you're crazy. There are easier ways to make money.

If you don't have a story that will hold the audience, you won't have a successful show.

Just direct your feet to the sunny side of the street.

Grab your coat, and get your hat Leave your worry on the doorstep Just direct your feet To the sunny side of the street.