Everybody is a critic, everybody has a voice, everybody can reach you. Everybody is an expert and that's what makes it fun.
Richard ShermanWalt Disney was a great believer in the use of song to convey story. He was primarily a storyman & story-driven songs were his 'pets.' He always asked what was going on with the song - he hated 'singing heads.' He loved learning about character & motivation thru music & lyrics.
Richard ShermanAnytime you run a gimmick offence, you're a little bit afraid - you're not sound in what you're doing in your base stuff.
Richard ShermanAll films created by Walt Disney at the time of his major outpouring of work were carefully crafted to fit scenes, characters, moods and situations. If these elements changed in any way, songs - no matter how good they were - were discarded. Others were written for the new scenes. Many times, character songs were dropped because characters were dropped...sequences were dropped etc.
Richard Sherman