Will Brown
Will Brown
billy grew mitchell paul stevie stuff
I grew up in the '70s, and I hear in my own stuff a lot of what I grew up listening to, which is to say I hear a lot of Billy Joel, Paul McCartney, Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Stevie Wonder.
begging family musical realized
I don't come from a musical family at all, but I realized early on I was a musician. I started begging for a piano when I was 6 years old.
bit surprised
Personally, I've never been popular, so I'm not surprised that professionally I'm a bit out of step, too.
face failed mission promote
Let us face it, the U.N. has failed. It has failed in its mission to promote world peace.
formative interests led sondheim spent teenage
Leonard Bernstein was probably the most significant formative influence on me - he was such an encompassing musician. I spent my teenage years absorbing him, and my other interests stemmed off of that. Bernstein led me to Sondheim and to Gershwin, and Sondheim led me to listening to Joni Mitchell.
brief minute performer period sort time
I find I like the spotlight for a very brief period of time... and I sort of need it. But then, the minute that it's done, I have to sort of go hide. So I was never really meant, I think, to be a performer for a living.
anyone artist coming matter point stop time
I feel like the point of being an artist is to have your own voice: to do it the way you would do it and not the way anyone else would do it. If you're a strong enough writer, then that voice is going to come out all the time, and I can't stop it from coming out, no matter what I do.
felt home kept musicals supposed wanting
I did musicals in high school, certainly. And then I just kept wanting to do them. I felt at home in the theater, in that way that, you know, you're supposed to if that's the kind of person you are.
buyers expect pay price
You have to be a competitive seller. You can't just put a price on something and expect buyers to pay that price anymore.
form knowing medium musicals people realizing
You have to understand the medium you're writing for. People jump into writing musicals without realizing how complicated they are. Knowing one form doesn't necessarily mean you know the other. You have to be comfortable with it.
chemical figure responses sing ways work
There are actors I have very strong chemical responses to, and I strive always to figure out ways to work with them and get them to sing my stuff.
american-editor money
You can have your titular recognition. I'll take money and power.
american-editor bad funny girls good
Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.
thinking dishonesty boomerang
Dishonesty is like a boomerang. About the time you think all is well, it hits you in the back of the head.