Sheldon Harnick Quotes

• When you collaborate, you have to be willing to scrap a lot.

  Sheldon Harnick

  Willing, Scrap

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• A fiddler on the roof. Sounds crazy, no? But here, in our little village of Anatevka, you might say every one of us is a fiddler on the roof trying to scratch out a pleasant, simple tune without breaking his neck. It isn't easy. You may ask 'Why do we stay up there if it's so dangerous?' Well, we stay because Anatevka is our home. And how do we keep our balance? That I can tell you in one word: tradition!

  Sheldon Harnick

  Crazy, Home, Simple

  "Fictional character: Tevye". "Fiddler on the Roof", www.imdb.com. 1971.

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• I'd heard that Lenny Bruce used a lot of profanity and obscenities in his act, and I was curious.

  Sheldon Harnick

  Curious, Used, Obscenity

  Source: www.npr.org

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• As far as I remember, there was no actual lyric written to that.At the very beginning of "Fiddler on the Roof," there's a violin solo, an unaccompanied violin solo.

  Sheldon Harnick

  Violin, Remember, Fiddler On The Roof

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Love was not something that people married for generally in those days. They married for security. They married for economic reasons, you know, companionship - but not love.

  Sheldon Harnick

  People, Married, Companionship

  "'Fiddler' Songwriters Discuss Putting Themselves In The 'Soul Of The Characters'". "Fresh Air" with Dave Davies, www.npr.org. January 15, 2016.

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