Musical

🇺🇸Stephen Sondheim

Music

1930–2021

"Without question, Steve is the best Broadway lyricist, past or present."

🇺🇸Jonathan Larson

Music

1960–1996

"This is a car that allows you to adjust the temperature of your ass."

🇺🇸Jerome Kern

Literature

1885–1945

"Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again."

🇬🇧John Gray (philosopher)

Philosophy

Analytic philosophy

b. 1948

"A lover who promises eternal fidelity is more likely to be believed if he believes his promise himself; he is no more likely to keep the promise."

🇺🇸George Gershwin

Music

1898–1937

"I frequently hear music in the heart of noise."

🇺🇸Richard M. Sherman

Music

1928–2024

"Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down."