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It’s much easier to write a song for a musical than just writing a song because, writing for a musical, you know what the story is about, so you know what the songs have got to say.

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Leslie Bricusse

I fell in love with the idea of writing songs when I was a child. I thought I was going to be a journalist at first, but I gradually fell in love with all these great writers like Irving Berlin and Cole Porter, who were at the peak of their powers then.

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Leslie Bricusse

The film musical is a very strange animal. They can bite you in the back, or they can do very well for you.

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Leslie Bricusse

I was talking to a TV bigwig, and he said, ‘Nobody under 35 knows who Sammy Davis is.’ Well, you’ll hear angry denials of that from younger people.

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Leslie Bricusse

I never try to predict what will happen to any project, ever. There are so many factors. Does the public like the subject matter, the way you handle it?

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Retirement’ is a dirty word. Luckily, I can carry on working until I drop, provided I retain my mental abilities.

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Leslie Bricusse

My view is that the great songwriting happened between 1920 and 1960. We’re all, in our different ways, descended from the great songwriters of that era.

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Leslie Bricusse

Writing songs and lyrics is not that different from doing the ‘Times’ crossword every morning. They both give you a good mental workout.

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I don’t believe in giving in to old age.

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I think we have to assume we have one life. Though, having said that, I did write a song called ‘You Only Live Twice.’ I’ll settle for that.

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Leslie Bricusse

When you live in a world of imagination, your imagination doesn’t necessarily grow old with you.

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Leslie Bricusse

It takes a while to get a show on, and I’ve a number that have not yet been produced. I want to see all of them produced spectacularly before I pack it in.

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