Mitch Leigh Quotes

Mitch Leigh — American Musician born on January 30, 1928, died on March 16, 2014

Mitch Leigh was an American musical theatre composer and theatrical producer best known for the musical Man of La Mancha... (wikipedia)

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.

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.'

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.

If you're not a nice person, don't call.

When I left Yale, I was prepared to write anything.