A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
MEL BROOKSMy job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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As far as songwriters, I’ve always been a fan of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin; those guys mean a lot to me.
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I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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You’re always a little disappointing in person because you can’t be the edited essence of yourself.
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You’ve got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you’re not alive.
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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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I wish I was better looking.
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Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
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Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy.
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He who hesitates is poor.
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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
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All short women have a delayed fuse. Marry a taller woman: My wife was an inch or two taller than me; it’s a sign of security.
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Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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We rest our case on the production numbers.
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I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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