A biography for Stephen Schwartzhasn’t been written yet.
“I think it would be really cool to see 'Enchanted' on Broadway - there's been discussion of it from time to time. You'd have to figure out how to jump back and forth between animation and live actors, but the technology definitely exists now.”
“The real opportunity America has always offered is the chance to be what you want to be and escape being what you don't want to be - though sometimes it's like the line from a song by The Eagles: 'We live our lives in chains and never even know we have the key.'”
“Alan Menken is so gifted in terms of coming up with these great melodies. What I learned from working with him was how to have my lyrics support the melodies, so that the silhouette of the lyrics matches the silhouette of the music.”
“I don't think it's a secret that New York tastemakers don't love my work.”
“It's always good to be able to use vermin in a song.”
“You just have to know that some things are going to work and some things aren't, and sometimes that's completely out of your control, and you just have to keep going. I've been around long enough to learn that along with downs come subsequent ups, so you just have to keep going and wait for the wheel to turn again.”
“I've failed many, many times. You can't be in this business and not fail. When you fail, you want to learn from that failure.”
“I would like to have won a Tony, I guess, because I have always thought of myself as a theater person. But I've won my share of awards, so I don't worry about it.”
“When I was in high school, I worked at a theatre on Long Island, where I grew up, in the box office and parking lot. I got paid for that, but I also got to apprentice and have roles in shows - unpaid of course.”
“You wouldn't walk into a music store and walk out with a piece of music under your arm. So why would it be acceptable to do it online?”
“I learned so much from just creating something from scratch and seeing it in front of an audience.”
“When musical theatre is working and people are really connecting with the characters, and then the music adds that strong emotional element, it's really thrilling. I don't think any other art form or genre delivers that same impact when it's well done.”