Quotes from David Friedman

When I got to Broadway, I conducted five Broadway shows.

I have a musical called Goodbye and Good Luck, based on a Grace Paley short story. I also have King Island Christmas, and there are 20 different productions of it this year.

I don't like to produce albums. I hate producing albums, as a matter of fact, because I'm an obsessed mixer and I can't leave it alone.

I may not be the most famous songwriter in the world, but you know a David Friedman song when you hear it. It took me a long time to appreciate that.

My first career was as a coach and a teacher.

As time goes by, I realize that I do trust the wind. And I often write my songs for myself.

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

I have a musical called Goodbye and Good Luck, based on a Grace Paley short story. I also have King Island Christmas, and there are 20 different productions of it this year.

Composition is definitely what I'm born to do, and it came last.

It's an interesting line that I walk. The AIDS crisis has done a lot for my songs and made them proliferate, and my songs have contributed a lot to that cause as well.

I'm trying to have everything that I put into the world be something that makes a difference in the way I want to make a difference.

My first career was as a coach and a teacher.

I don't like to produce albums. I hate producing albums, as a matter of fact, because I'm an obsessed mixer and I can't leave it alone.

It sometimes feels like I'm not doing anything.

When my writing really started to take off was when I made a decision that I would write only what I wanted to write, and if 10 people wanted to hear it, that's fine.

Songwriting is the most terrifying thing to me, because you are really laying your heart out there.

I publish my own music. I'm creating my own songbook. It works that way for me; I'm very independent.

I fought for years and spent a fortune fighting and never got anywhere.

I've been doing my big theater projects, which take years, and writing a song here and there.

In the music industry, we value large success. I realized that while I would like that, that it's not what my writing is about. And if I start making it about that, it becomes impure.

I wanted to produce Nancy LaMott's albums, so I created my own record company.

As time goes by, I realize that I do trust the wind. And I often write my songs for myself.

I'm not totally altruistic. I've always had great career ambitions. But it has to come out in an organic way. If you push yourself out beyond where you are supposed to be, there's this pressure.

I've written several deeply personal songs this year, which I really love. Some of them came out of intense sadness. This has been an extremely difficult year for me.