17 Unusual Selected Quotes From Alan Menken

17 Unusual Selected Quotes From Alan Menkene

I always felt great about what I wrote for 'Newsies,' but 'Newsies' was a total flop.

— Alan Menken

As a kid, I loved classical music. Composers like Beethoven were like rock stars to me. Then there were the real rock stars: The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, and Bob Dylan.

— Alan Menken

The job, when you write film underscore, is to be ignored. That comes with the gig, no question about it.

— Alan Menken

When I write the music for any of my songs, I write as a composer-lyricist in my head.

— Alan Menken

Whatever I gain from writing lyrics, I feel I lose a little bit for the musical aspect by having that lyrical burden on me. But when I'm liberated from worrying about the words, frankly, I feel I'm a better composer.

— Alan Menken

Songs should have an infectious melody and rhythm and, I think, should elicit an emotion of happiness or of celebration or of sadness or of sorrow or of love or laughter, whatever.

— Alan Menken

The Disney tradition - number one, it's a great American classic tradition - and it's something where you don't want to go over certain lines. You want to poke fun, but you don't want to poke fun in a way that's hurtful.

— Alan Menken

Composing easy? I find it easy if - big if - the idea is right, if I have the right collaborator, and if my collaborator is in the room. I like my collaborator to be in the room.

— Alan Menken

I'm not interested in being the producer of somebody else's song.

— Alan Menken

I have a team who I respect immensely, so if they have opinions, I'm interested in hearing them.

— Alan Menken

I'll always work with my collaborator in the room so I have a reaction on a note-by-note basis. I know in my gut when something works for me, and I'll fight for it, but I'm a very easy re-writer.

— Alan Menken

I'm not intimidated by embracing a familiar form and what's familiar about it and making it my own. It is, I think, one of my gifts.

— Alan Menken

Movies, you can insulate yourself more from audience, to a degree, and just look at box office. In theater, the audience is a very dynamic part of your process, and you feel much more exposed.

— Alan Menken

Of my Disney material, 'Tangled' is my most pop-oriented.

— Alan Menken

The act of writing a song involves a degree of letting go of yourself, and that's very much being a child.

— Alan Menken

Howard Ashman was an amazing lyricist and an amazing artist.

— Alan Menken

Every time I play 'Part of Your World,' a whole part of my life comes back to me. It's just inescapable - it was an innocent time, and a sense of discovery that we were all involved with.

— Alan Menken

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