Mitch Leigh quotes

You have to do what is real and what is right and what is good and what you believe in. It doesn't mean it's always going to work. It doesn't. But when it does, it is truthful and forever. (Mitch Leigh)
I grew up in Brownsville; most of the kids I grew up with went to jail, not Yale. If they had heard of Yale, they thought it was a lock to pick. View quote
Mitch Leigh
If you're not a nice person, don't call. View quote
Mitch Leigh
When I left Yale, I was prepared to write anything. View quote
Mitch Leigh
To call somebody a Jewish composer is obviously redundant. View quote
Mitch Leigh
I think if you see that no one is going to laugh at you for it, I think the concept of living nicely will be infectious. I believe there is room for the absence of cynicism. View quote
Mitch Leigh
If one wants to go on living, one must evolve. Before, when we composed, we would start by a series of music themes. Once created, we would hire writers and lyricists to make up the text and the story line. I was the first to do this backwards with 'Man of La Mancha.' View quote
Mitch Leigh
I was in the army, and I had given up the thought of being a composer. View quote
Mitch Leigh