Sheldon Harnick Professions : Lyricist Born : April 30, 1924 Browse All Authors Top 10 quotes by Sheldon Harnick When you collaborate, you have to be willing to scrap a lot. Sheldon Harnick scrap willing 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 simple home I'd heard that Lenny Bruce used a lot of profanity and obscenities in his act, and I was curious. Sheldon Harnick obscenity curious used 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 companionship married people 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 fiddler-on-the-roof violin remember I started writing lyrics out of desperation. I was broke and wondering where my next job, my next meal was coming from, although I had had several successful revue songs on Broadway. Sheldon Harnick lyrics job next writing I have a lot of unknown songs. Sheldon Harnick songs unknown lot I like editing. Generally, you work under the assumption that everything can be shorter. I like to see if I can reconstruct a sentence. I find that enjoyable work. Sheldon Harnick you i-can editing work Where you learn things, really, is watching it in front of an audience. Sheldon Harnick watching things you audience I feel in my own life I've made many mistakes. I've failed in many directions. Sheldon Harnick mistakes feel my-own life Similar Authors Irving Caesar lyricist Al Dubin lyricist Arthur J. Lamb lyricist Arthur Freed lyricist Alan Jay Lerner lyricist Bernie Taupin lyricist All Authors
