In the Rodgers and Hammerstein generation, popular hits came out of shows and movies.
Stephen SondheimMy parents got divorced and military school gave me a structure. A lot of kids my age were children of divorced parents. They didn't know what to do with the kids.
Stephen SondheimYou have to be submitted for the Pulitzer, and unbeknownst to us, a choral director whom I know had submitted us.
Stephen SondheimI took piano lessons when I was 6. I didn't want to go on with it. I don't remember being moved by a piece of music.
Stephen SondheimJohnny Depp's performance is quite remarkable. Sweeney's desire for revenge and the simmering anger and hurt that he feels carry the story forward, and Johnny finds the most remarkable variety within that narrow set of emotions. The intensity is at a boil all the time and he never drops it. It's real anger.
Stephen Sondheim