Dorothy Fields

A songwriter should have friends who are similarly interested; should move about in the milieu of work he has chosen for himself. ↗

— Dorothy Fields

#chosen #friends #himself #interested #milieu

The man in our society is the breadwinner; the woman has enough to do as the homemaker, wife and mother. ↗

— Dorothy Fields

#enough #homemaker #man #mother #our

A rhyme doesn't make a song. ↗

— Dorothy Fields

#rhyme #song

A song just doesn't come on. I've always had to tease it out, squeeze it out. ↗

— Dorothy Fields

#come #had #i #just #out

A song must move the story ahead. A song must take the place of dialogue. If a song halts the show, pushes it back, stalls it, the audience won't buy it; they'll be unhappy. ↗

— Dorothy Fields

#audience #back #buy #dialogue #halts

Elizabeth Barrett Browning could write a poem two pages long. Could she have brought it to a music publisher? ↗

— Dorothy Fields

#browning #could #elizabeth #long #music

I began to be impressed by what made a good book-how you needed to have a sensible story, a plot that developed, with a beginning, a middle, and an end that would tie everything together. ↗

— Dorothy Fields

#beginning #developed #end #everything #good

I do not think men have more talent. There are a great many women in the arts; novelists, painters, sculptors, poets-but the proportion is far lower in the field of song writing. ↗

— Dorothy Fields

#far #field #great #i #i do

I don't care how good a song is - if it holds back the storyline, stalls the plot, your audience will reject it. ↗

— Dorothy Fields

#back #care #good #holds #how

If you don't have a story that will hold the audience, you won't have a successful show. ↗

— Dorothy Fields

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