A song doesn't just come on. I've always had to tease it out, squeeze it out. 'No thesaurus can give you those words, no rhyming dictionary. They must happen out of you.

A song doesn't just come on. I've always had to tease it out, squeeze it out. 'No thesaurus can give you those words, no rhyming dictionary. They must happen out of you.

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

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.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning could write a poem two pages long. Could she have brought it to a music publisher?

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

There aren't more lady songwriters for the same reason that there aren't more lady doctors or lady accountants or lady lawyers; not enough women have the time for careers.