Mitch Leigh Quotes

American - Musician January 30, 1928 - March 16, 2014

I'll write anything; I don't want to judge its form. Mitch Leigh

Judge, Want, Anything, Write, Form

There's more musical freedom on Madison Avenue than anywhere else. It's an Eden for a composer. Mitch Leigh

Freedom, More, Than, Composer, Avenue

If you're not a nice person, don't call. Mitch Leigh

Nice, You, 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

Want, Broadway, Going, Show, Write

The old joke was Mitch Leigh, land baron, barren land. Mitch Leigh

Land, Old, Joke, Barren, Leigh

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, Good, Believe, You, Always, Right

One doesn't go on television for the Manhattan crowd. You buy the sides of buses for that. Mitch Leigh

You, Television, Sides, Go, Crowd, Buy

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, Laugh, Believe, Living, You, See

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, You, Businessman, He

'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, Thought, Me, Never, Going, Minute

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

Music, Man, Story, Start, Living, Line

To call somebody a Jewish composer is obviously redundant. Mitch Leigh

Jewish, Call, Somebody, Redundant

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, Lock, Kids, Up, Most

When I left Yale, I was prepared to write anything. Mitch Leigh

Left, Anything, Write, Yale, Prepared

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

Hurt, Help, Mouth, Break, Going, Show

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, Clouds, Seed, Advertising, You

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

New York, Know, You, Country, New, Go

Not exactly what the world was looking for, a musical on 'Don Quixote.' It was required reading in high school. Mitch Leigh

School, Reading, Looking, World, High

My advice to singers is always the same: 'Don't sing the song, sing the lyric.' Mitch Leigh

Song, Advice, Always, Same, Sing, Lyric

I applied to Yale, and I got in. Mitch Leigh

Got, Yale, Applied

I was in the army, and I had given up the thought of being a composer. Mitch Leigh

Thought, Army, Up, Being, Composer, Had

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