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I like to write from scratch most of the time, but I like to have a backup plan just in case. Greg Kurstin

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As a songwriter and as a vocalist, Adele is amazing. You have that. But then there's something about her that's just very honest. I feel like so many people across the board can relate to her and who she is. She's just so appealing and very real. Greg Kurstin

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When I was a young teenager, it was all about The Clash for me and that sort of English punk stuff. Then the Clash led me to all these other kinds of music: classic rock, Stevie Wonder, world music, and Brazilian music. I got serious about jazz when I was probably about 14 or 15. Greg Kurstin

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It's really cool to hear your stuff in things like TV shows. It's a pretty cool feeling to hear what you did in the studio and then to hear it in places like that. It's definitely surreal. Greg Kurstin

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Being in front of the cameras is not my favorite thing to do. But it's a good problem to have. Greg Kurstin

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The greatest comedies that were made by anybody were made in two reels; I don't care who it was. Hal Roach

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Harold Lloyd was not a comedian. But he was the finest actor to play a comedian that I ever saw. Hal Roach

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Throwing money at something doesn't really create - forgive me that onerous word - art. Harold Prince

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I really don't spend time thinking about the past. I think about the future. I'm not stopping. Harold Prince

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Audiences are quite happy to be astonished, and they don't care who does that astonishing. Harold Prince

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I got successful awfully quick, and I wanted it... But I do think there is responsibility to move the musical theater form forward. I think you always have to be aware of the work that came before and build on that. Harold Prince

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I love big, bold, truthful theater - the tradition of Victorian theater. Harold Prince

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Despite the successes, you remember the failures - rather lovingly. Harold Prince

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A star may guarantee business, but the tradeoff is a very short run. Harold Prince

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You can't just keep recycling revivals. And you can't keep betting on the efforts of guys like me who've been around. You have to take the next step and bet on the next generation. Harold Prince

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Nobody has yet proven that taking a chance and doing something unique that an audience isn't used to is a bad idea. What the theater lacks is that kind of courage. Harold Prince

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You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years. Harold Prince

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I'm just really trying to say what I really mean, which is: 'Your eye's on the prize, your eye's on the future. It's nice to know that a lot of wonderful things have happened to your life and that so much of it has been successful. That's great, but the work is really what makes it fun - and that has to be the future.' Harold Prince

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The perfect expression of receiving a lifetime award is to be working when they're handing it out. Harold Prince

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