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'Snow White' was really hip for its time. Walt Disney was basically using Sigmund Romberg and operetta in the telling of the story, and through animation - that was revolutionary.
~ Alan Menken
Animation
Basically
Disney
Hip
Really
Revolutionary
Snow
Snow White
Story
Telling
Through
Time
Using
Walt
Walt Disney
White
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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
Anyone
Anyone Else
Babies
Baby
Been
Else
Give
Going
Involved
Lot
Projects
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A lot of what I've done has a rock edge, even going back to 'Little Shop of Horrors.'
~ Alan Menken
Back
Done
Edge
Even
Going
Horrors
Little
Lot
Rock
Shop
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A villain number is a very valuable thing to have, but if you look at most musicals, one way or another there's an antagonist number.
~ Alan Menken
Another
Antagonist
Look
Most
Musicals
Number
One-Way
Thing
Valuable
Valuable Thing
Very
Villain
Way
You
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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
Any
Around
Been
Begins
Being
Beyond
Communication
Cultural
Culture
Cutting
Edge
Effective
Enough
Form
Has-Been
Just
Kind
Long
Musical
Reflect
Resonance
Time
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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
Beatles
Beethoven
Bob
Bob Dylan
Classical
Classical Music
Composers
Dylan
Kid
Like
Loved
Me
Music
Real
Rock
Rock Stars
Rolling
Rolling Stones
Stars
Stones
Then
Were
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Collaboration is all about rewriting and rewriting and rewriting and helping each other to constantly improve a piece. And, it's also about spurring each other on to doing really great, hard work - it's easier to do it in a collaboration than on your own.
~ Alan Menken
About
Also
Collaboration
Constantly
Doing
Each
Easier
Great
Hard
Hard Work
Helping
Improve
Other
Own
Piece
Really
Rewriting
Than
Work
Your
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Collaboration is being open to each other's ideas and benefiting from each other's perspectives in an open way.
~ Alan Menken
Being
Collaboration
Each
Ideas
Open
Other
Perspectives
Way
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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
Big
Collaborator
Composing
Easy
Find
Idea
Like
Right
Room
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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
Back
Discovery
Every
Every Time
Innocent
Involved
Just
Life
Me
My Life
Part
Play
Sense
Time
Were
Whole
World
Your
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For a brief period, I had a gentleman's farm in Pennsylvania, but even then, I kept a place in New York.
~ Alan Menken
Brief
Even
Farm
Gentleman
Had
Kept
New
New York
Pennsylvania
Period
Place
Then
York
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For a while now, I try to ignore the hoopla, because if you buy into that, you have to buy into the criticism. All you can do is put your work out there and move on; you just never know what will come.
~ Alan Menken
Because
Buy
Come
Criticism
Ignore
Just
Know
Move
Move On
Never
Now
Out
Put
Try
While
Will
Work
Work Out
You
Your
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Howard Ashman was an amazing lyricist and an amazing artist.
~ Alan Menken
Amazing
Artist
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I always felt great about what I wrote for 'Newsies,' but 'Newsies' was a total flop.
~ Alan Menken
About
Always
Felt
Flop
Great
Total
Wrote
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I always wanted to be a composer, and I sort of went in to NYU as pre-med because I just thought, 'Well... who actually becomes a composer?'
~ Alan Menken
Actually
Always
Because
Becomes
Composer
Just
NYU
Sort
Thought
Wanted
Well
Who
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I always wanted to have a villain song for Hades in 'Hercules,' but I couldn't figure out how we would have Hades sing.
~ Alan Menken
Always
Figure
Hercules
How
Out
Sing
Song
Villain
Wanted
Would
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I can't get into the underlying psyche of someone like Robin Williams, but he was at that level of fame where he was somewhat self-protective.
~ Alan Menken
Fame
Get
He
Level
Like
Psyche
Robin
Robin Williams
Someone
Somewhat
Underlying
Where
Williams
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I have a team who I respect immensely, so if they have opinions, I'm interested in hearing them.
~ Alan Menken
Hearing
Immensely
Interested
Opinions
Respect
Team
Them
Who
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I have an awards cabinet in my studio where I keep my eight Oscars, my 11 Grammys, my seven Golden Globes, and my Tony Award.
~ Alan Menken
Award
Awards
Cabinet
Eight
Golden
Grammys
Keep
Oscars
Seven
Studio
Tony
Where
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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
Assignment
Career
Driven
Feelings
Life
Lots
Much
My Life
My Own
Own
Personal
Stage
Very
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