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Quotes by Lyricist

"I'd rather be lonely than happy with somebody else."

"I'd rather be lonely than happy with somebody else."

Gus Kahn, American Lyricist

Loneliness, Lonely

"You know you haven't stopped talking since I came here? You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle!"

"You know you haven't stopped talking since I came here? You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle!"

Bert Kalmar, American Lyricist

"I've got a good mind to join a club and beat you over the head with it!"

"I've got a good mind to join a club and beat you over the head with it!"

Bert Kalmar, American Lyricist

"I'll see you at the theater tonight. I'll hold your seat til you get there. After that you're on your own."

"I'll see you at the theater tonight. I'll hold your seat til you get there. After that you're on your own."

Bert Kalmar, American Lyricist

Theatre, Theater

"Don't look now but there's one man too many in this room and I think it's you!"

"Don't look now but there's one man too many in this room and I think it's you!"

Bert Kalmar, American Lyricist

"I'll see you in my dreams."

"I'll see you in my dreams."

Gus Kahn, American Lyricist

"Wide awake I can make my most fantastic dreams come true."

"Wide awake I can make my most fantastic dreams come true."

Lorenz Hart, American Lyricist

"How we love sequestering, where no pests are pestering."

"How we love sequestering, where no pests are pestering."

Lorenz Hart, American Lyricist

"Painters of paintings, writers of books, never could tell the half."

"Painters of paintings, writers of books, never could tell the half."

Lorenz Hart, American Lyricist

"Unrequited love's a bore."

"Unrequited love's a bore."

Lorenz Hart, American Lyricist

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