Oscar Hammerstein II
Oscar Hammerstein II
Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein IIwas an American librettist, theatrical producer, andtheatre director of musicals for almost forty years. Hammerstein won eight Tony Awards and two Academy Awards for Best Original Song. Many of his songs are standard repertoire for singers and jazz musicians. He co-wrote 850 songs. Hammerstein was the lyricist and playwright in his partnerships; his collaborators wrote the music. Hammerstein collaborated with numerous composers, such as Jerome Kern, with whom he wrote Show Boat, Vincent Youmans, Rudolf Friml,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth12 July 1895
CountryUnited States of America
Oscar Hammerstein II quotes about
I know the world is filled with troubles and many injustices. But reality is as beautiful as it is ugly. I think it is just as important to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldn't write anything without hope in it.
You gotta have a dream. If you don't have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?
Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart, and you'll never walk alone, you'll never walk alone.
Peace is not the product of a victory or a command. It has no finishing line, no final deadline, no fixed definition of achievement. Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions.
It is a modern tragedy that despair has so many spokesmen, and hope so few.
When the dog bites, when the bee stings, when I'm feeling sad, I simply remember my favorite things and then I don't feel so bad.
But I'm only a cockeyed optimist.
These are a few of my favorite things.
If you become a teacher, by your pupils you'll be taught.
The last time I saw Paris, her heart was warm and gay, I heard the laughter of her heart in every street café.
The hills are alive with the sound of music, with songs they have sung for a thousand years.
I'm as restless as a willow in a windstorm.
Oklahoma Where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain.
I'm as corny as Kansas in August.