Cynthia Weil

I wanted to write for Broadway. ↗

— Cynthia Weil

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It was kind of like songwriter's boot camp. You had to produce. You had to produce fast. You had to learn. ↗

— Cynthia Weil

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My nature is to be linear, and when I'm not, I feel really proud of myself. ↗

— Cynthia Weil

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On the other hand when you are someone who records their own songs you are basically stuck writing for one voice and for one style that can stifle you a bit. It's a real trade off. ↗

— Cynthia Weil

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Sharing a triumph with someone you love is an incredible high. ↗

— Cynthia Weil

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She could only write with him at night and she was wasting her days just sitting around. So he thought I could write with her during the day. And that was Carole King. ↗

— Cynthia Weil

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That first writing session, what Dan Hill calls a creative blind date, is always a real challenge, and you bring that back to your partner when you return to writing with them. ↗

— Cynthia Weil

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That's what it is every time you walk into the room to write with someone new. It's like, oh god I have to take my clothes off 'my creative clothes' and let them see all of my flaws. ↗

— Cynthia Weil

#creative #every #every time #flaws #god

The business today is completely different and it's very producer driven, so that a songwriter needs to have producing chops, be a singer/songwriter, or find a singer to develop. ↗

— Cynthia Weil

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There is the great creative part of it. The writing is the best part. ↗

— Cynthia Weil

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