Top 4 Kurt Weill Quotes
#1. Oh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear,
And he shows them pearly white.
Just a jackknife has Macheath, dear,
And he keeps them out of sight.
Kurt Weill
#2. Who is the greater criminal: he who robs a bank or he who founds one?
(Three Penny Opera)
Kurt Weill
#3. I have never acknowledged the difference between serious music and light music. There is only good music and bad music.
Kurt Weill
#4. It seems to me that the American popular song, growing out of American folk music, is the basis of the American musical theater ... it is quite legitimate to use the form of the popular song and gradually fill it out with new musical content.
Kurt Weill
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