17 Fabby Selected Quotes By - Alan Menken

17 Fabby Selected Quotes By - Alan Menkene

Live-action films are very much a director's medium, and that director is going to be a very strong voice, a stronger individual voice than you'd have in animation.

— Alan Menken

I work in a dramatic context, meaning we write with a lot of character specifics, a lot of story specifics. There's a lot of architecture in our songs.

— Alan Menken

My favorite experience, in general, probably was the 'Little Shop' experience, which probably was terrifying, frustrating, and exhilarating and amazing, but because it was the first, that was the one where I watched the show just launch itself for the first time and thought, 'Oh my God, I'm going to have a career.'

— Alan Menken

I was always a composer since I was a kid, but the BMI Workshop is where the networking really all stems from. So many writers and influences and ways of communicating all sprang out of the time I was a member of that workshop.

— Alan Menken

Most successful musicals need to attach themselves to something bigger than themselves, a concept that will make people feel immediately connected to it.

— Alan Menken

Truth be told, of course, what I enjoy most is reinventing myself and doing new projects where I work in new genres, or I get to find what the voice of a particular musical is.

— Alan Menken

I have lots of personal feelings of my own, but at this stage in my life and career, I'm very much driven by assignment.

— Alan Menken

Most things that I write are in very specific forms. A score will have a shape and profile, and then the more emotional and intimate moments will come.

— Alan Menken

Songs should have an infectious melody and rhythm.

— Alan Menken

Any musical form that has been around long enough to have cultural resonance beyond just being a cutting edge kind of communication - but, especially, when it begins to reflect on a time and reflect on a culture - is effective in a musical.

— Alan Menken

I see my songs and shows almost like a mosaic - part of a bigger picture.

— Alan Menken

A lot of what I've done has a rock edge, even going back to 'Little Shop of Horrors.'

— Alan Menken

When I first started working at Disney animation, I can't tell you how many people said to me, 'Oh, man, take a powder.' Nobody takes animated musicals seriously. I swear.

— Alan Menken

A lot of the projects I've been involved with have been my babies, and I'm not going to give my baby to anyone else.

— Alan Menken

The things I tend to do best are the things that are the most overtly emotional, whether it's sentimental or whether it's celebratory or whether it's conflicted.

— Alan Menken

In animation, the directors are part of a huge team of animators who all have opinions, too. It's a much more democratic process. Also, the animation executives oversee things more.

— Alan Menken

I'm a very style-driven composer, and I like to give every project its own unique stamp.

— Alan Menken

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