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I'll write anything; I don't want to judge its form.
Mitch Leigh
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American
-
Musician
January 30
, 1928 -
March 16
, 2014
You have to do what is real and what is right and what is good and what you believe in. It doesn't mean it's always going to work. It doesn't. But when it does, it is truthful and forever.
Mitch Leigh
Work
,
Always
,
Going
I grew up in Brownsville; most of the kids I grew up with went to jail, not Yale. If they had heard of Yale, they thought it was a lock to pick.
Mitch Leigh
Thought
,
Jail
,
Had
I'll write anything; I don't want to judge its form.
Mitch Leigh
Want
,
Judge
,
Form
There's more musical freedom on Madison Avenue than anywhere else. It's an Eden for a composer.
Mitch Leigh
Musical
,
Madison Avenue
If you're not a nice person, don't call.
Mitch Leigh
Person
,
Nice Person
,
Call
If I do what I really want to do, I'm not going to do a typical commercial Broadway show, so I'm going to write what I want to write.
Mitch Leigh
Broadway
,
Going
,
Commercial
The old joke was Mitch Leigh, land baron, barren land.
Mitch Leigh
Land
,
Old
,
Leigh
One doesn't go on television for the Manhattan crowd. You buy the sides of buses for that.
Mitch Leigh
Television
,
Crowd
,
Buses
I think if you see that no one is going to laugh at you for it, I think the concept of living nicely will be infectious. I believe there is room for the absence of cynicism.
Mitch Leigh
Think
,
Cynicism
,
Nicely
When you think of Mitch Leigh as a businessman, remember he's also a composer. And when you think of Mitch Leigh as a composer, remember he's also a businessman.
Mitch Leigh
Think
,
Remember
,
Leigh
'La Mancha' was a gift from me to me. I never thought for a minute it was going to be a hit.
Mitch Leigh
Gift
,
Never
,
Hit
If one wants to go on living, one must evolve. Before, when we composed, we would start by a series of music themes. Once created, we would hire writers and lyricists to make up the text and the story line. I was the first to do this backwards with 'Man of La Mancha.'
Mitch Leigh
Line
,
Before
,
Hire
To call somebody a Jewish composer is obviously redundant.
Mitch Leigh
Jewish
,
Call
,
Composer
When I left Yale, I was prepared to write anything.
Mitch Leigh
Left
,
Prepared
,
Yale
It's still word of mouth that is going to make or break a show, and while critics can't help a show, they can hurt it.
Mitch Leigh
Break
,
Going
,
Still
You can't make money on advertising; you just have to seed the clouds. What you're after is word of mouth.
Mitch Leigh
Money
,
Seed
,
Mouth
New York is really the cheapest ad market. When I go on TV, I'm hitting a country. The market is as big as some countries, you know.
Mitch Leigh
Big
,
Country
,
New
Not exactly what the world was looking for, a musical on 'Don Quixote.' It was required reading in high school.
Mitch Leigh
Reading
,
Musical
,
Quixote
My advice to singers is always the same: 'Don't sing the song, sing the lyric.'
Mitch Leigh
Song
,
Always
,
Singers
I applied to Yale, and I got in.
Mitch Leigh
Got
,
Applied
,
Yale
I was in the army, and I had given up the thought of being a composer.
Mitch Leigh
Thought
,
Army
,
Given
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