Mitch leigh

When you think of Mitch Leigh as a businessman, remember he's also a composer. And when you think of Mitch Leigh as a composer, remember he's also a businessman.

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.

There's more musical freedom on Madison Avenue than anywhere else. It's an Eden for a composer.

One doesn't go on television for the Manhattan crowd. You buy the sides of buses for that.

To call somebody a Jewish composer is obviously redundant.

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

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.

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

New York is really the cheapest ad market. When I go on TV, I'm hitting a country. The market is as big as some countries, you know.

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...