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Andrew Lloyd Webber Biography

Occup.Composer
FromUnited Kingdom
SpouseMadeleine Gurdon (1991–present)
BornMarch 22, 1948
London, England, United Kingdom
Age76 years
Andrew Lloyd Webber, a respected composer, cinema impresario and global phenomenon, was born upon March 22, 1948, in Kensington, London, UK. He grew up in a musically inclined family members where his father, William Lloyd Webber, was a composer and also organist, while his mother, Jean Hermione Johnstone, was a piano instructor and violinist. His more youthful sibling Julian is a distinguished cellist. Andrew was a sensation, already composing songs at the age of nine.

Webber's passion for music led him to research at the Junior Guildhall College of Songs prior to going on to the Royal College of Songs. However, he dropped out of the last to focus on his job in musical comedy. In his late teenagers, Webber began working together with lyricist Tim Rice. Their partnership confirmed to be exceptionally rewarding, as well as the duo took place to produce several of the most effective musicals in background.

Webber and Rice's very first partnership, "Joseph and also the Impressive Technicolor Dreamcoat" (1968), at first organized as a performance, is based upon the Scriptural tale of Joseph. This was adhered to by the revolutionary rock opera, "Jesus Christ Superstar" (1970), which not only came to be a phase success but additionally spawned a chart-topping dual album as well as a 1973 movie adjustment. The duo proceeded their success with "Evita" (1978), a program based upon the life of Eva Perón, which also created a number one hit with "Do not Weep for Me Argentina" and a movie adaptation starring Madonna (1996).

After his partnership with Rice finished, Webber remained to triumph in musical theater, both seriously and also at package office. His adjustment of T.S. Eliot's "Cats" (1981), routed by Trevor Nunn, became one of the longest-running programs in West End and Broadway history. "Pet cats" is likewise the first installment of his award-winning musical theater trilogy, which includes "Starlight Express" (1984), a roller-skating extravaganza; and also the iconic "Phantom of the Opera" (1986), which remains unstoppable at the box workplace as well as is presently the longest-running show in Broadway history.

Webber additionally attained success with other musicals, such as "Aspects of Love" (1989), "Sunset Blvd" (1993), and "Whistle Down the Wind" (1998). In 1992, he made background as the first author to have 3 musicals running at the same time in New York and also London. In 2009, he made up a sequel to "Phantom of the Opera", titled "Love Never Dies".

Outside of the theater, Webber has made up scores for the film "Gumshoe" (1971) and the British television collection "The Odessa Documents" (1974). In addition, he has actually created several hit songs, created a television show and authored a number of publications.

Webber's amazing success have actually gained him many accolades including 7 Tony Awards, 3 Grammy Honors, a Golden World, as well as an Academy Honor, to name a few. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1992 as well as was elevated to the British Home of Lords in 1997.

Our collection contains 29 quotes who is written / told by Andrew.

Related authors: Elizabeth I (Royalty), Jesus Christ (Prophet), Madonna Ciccone (Entertainer), Gerard Butler (Actor), Tim Rice (Musician), Ken Hill (Playwright), Tom Hooper (Director), Elizabeth II (Royalty), Queen Elizabeth II (Royalty), Trevor Nunn (Director)

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29 Famous quotes by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Small: We felt we had to know something of his back story. I dont think people in the cinema would just accept
"We felt we had to know something of his back story. I don't think people in the cinema would just accept that he's there. I think we had to learn how he (got there)"
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Small: I think Michael Crawford realised, I think we all realised, once wed gone the route of casting a very y
"I think Michael Crawford realised, I think we all realised, once we'd gone the route of casting a very young girl, you can't really cast a 65 year old man opposite. Slightly different resonance I think. No, we weren't going to go there. We'd have Jack Nicholson in the lead"
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Small: I think back at the time, if it had been 1988, I would have thought Michael and Sarah probably would ha
"I think back at the time, if it had been 1988, I would have thought Michael and Sarah probably would have been cast but I don't think, I think it's much better that the girl is younger and if Sarah would have been 26 or 27 then"
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Small: Well the least favourite question is the one that ones asked particularly about in Japan is whats the d
"Well the least favourite question is the one that one's asked particularly about in Japan is what's the difference between theatre and cinema and I think, well, that's about eighty bucks"
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Small: Heres the truth. The proposed top rate of income tax is not 50 per cent. It is 50 per cent plus 1.5
"Here's the truth. The proposed top rate of income tax is not 50 per cent. It is 50 per cent plus 1.5 per cent national insurance paid by employees plus 13.3 per cent paid by employers. That's not 50 per cent. Two years from now, Britain will have the highest tax rate on earned income of any developed country"
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Small: In Evita I wasnt really hugely involved with it. I gave a little bit of help but they needed a bit of t
"In Evita I wasn't really hugely involved with it. I gave a little bit of help but they needed a bit of technical help on the movie and so some of my music people went in at the end of the movie and helped out with it"
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Small: Ive got to find something and if I find something that I like, Ill do it. If I dont, I wont
"I've got to find something and if I find something that I like, I'll do it. If I don't, I won't"
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Small: Corny answer is of course is that everyone who wants musicals are children in different ways, arent the
"Corny answer is of course is that everyone who wants musicals are children in different ways, aren't they? So you think of them in different ways. There are things of mine I'm sorry haven't come here"
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Small: Negative things, and they were all deliberate and Im not going to say who they were but I know who they
"Negative things, and they were all deliberate and I'm not going to say who they were but I know who they were and it was in the business, and that's not a good sign"
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Small: I said, look, do you think you could bring Gerry through, and they said yeah, absolutely, they thought
"I said, look, do you think you could bring Gerry through, and they said yeah, absolutely, they thought that. Joel was very keen to cast him. If all my music team were happy, I was happy"
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Small: I began to think, now is the time. I found quite a lot of opposition in Hollywood about the idea of doi
"I began to think, now is the time. I found quite a lot of opposition in Hollywood about the idea of doing a film musical and we ended up having to buy the rights back. I'm glad we did because it meant John and I were able to make exactly the movie we wanted"
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Small: I think the things that perhaps sad really is that younger people havent come in and I think it must ha
"I think the thing's that perhaps sad really is that younger people haven't come in and I think it must have been absolutely fantastic to have worked in the 50's when you had all of the great Broadway composers and when West Side Story didn't win the Tony Award"
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Small: I think that the wonderful advantage we have in the film of being able to cast a girl as young as Emmy
"I think that the wonderful advantage we have in the film of being able to cast a girl as young as Emmy and which we couldn't do in the theatre of course because no girl of 16 or 17 could sing 8 shows a week, couldn't sing two"
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Small: I guess weve had a very close relationship because I dont pretend to know about cinema and I think I do
"I guess we've had a very close relationship because I don't pretend to know about cinema and I think I do know a bit about theatre but he does, he respected that and so we really just had a collaboration which went completely like this"
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Small: Well wed just seen Gerry. I think he wanted somebody who had that authority and was handsome. The thing
"Well we'd just seen Gerry. I think he wanted somebody who had that authority and was handsome. The thing is, he's a big hunk isn't he? All I can say, if you look at his chat line, or the Phantom website, it's quite worrying. Because the girls really seem to love him"
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Small: It must have been an extraordinary time. I guess the worrying thing about musical theatre to me, is if
"It must have been an extraordinary time. I guess the worrying thing about musical theatre to me, is if you look at the London season this year, mine is actually the only one to have come in"
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Small: It doesnt stand up to huge intellectual scrutiny
"It doesn't stand up to huge intellectual scrutiny"
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Small: If you know what you want to do, as I always loved musicals, and then to have been lucky enough to be s
"If you know what you want to do, as I always loved musicals, and then to have been lucky enough to be successful with them, I think that's all you can ask isn't it? I think I don't really think too much about it. I am a bit shy socially, yeah, I admit that"
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Small: I guess the thing is that we remained huge friends after the original Phantom movie, when we decided it
"I guess the thing is that we remained huge friends after the original Phantom movie, when we decided it wouldn't take place and we just saw each other socially over the years so we were friends"
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Small: Superstar was made so early in my career I had nothing to do with it at all. The first time I saw it wa
"Superstar was made so early in my career I had nothing to do with it at all. The first time I saw it was the opening screening"
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Small: Im going to take the kids away over Christmas but I dont, Ive written 14 musicals now, I dont want to r
"I'm going to take the kids away over Christmas but I don't, I've written 14 musicals now, I don't want to rush into doing something just for the sake of doing it. I want to do it when I find a story"
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Small: I would have gone right ahead but the only thing, the only phenomenon thats going on now of course, whi
"I would have gone right ahead but the only thing, the only phenomenon that's going on now of course, which is different in my experiences, is that you are getting things planted in the Net by people about the Woman in White on the Net. That's not a nice change"
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Small: Because her voice is, its like the muscles and it develops all the time. That was the fantastic thing f
"Because her voice is, it's like the muscles and it develops all the time. That was the fantastic thing for us"
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Small: The next few years are going to be horrendous in the UK. The last thing we need is a Somali pirate-styl
"The next few years are going to be horrendous in the UK. The last thing we need is a Somali pirate-style raid on the few wealth creators who still dare to navigate Britain's gale-force waters"
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Small: I knew nothing about film at all. I suppose the biggest surprise is all these things. In the theatre we
"I knew nothing about film at all. I suppose the biggest surprise is all these things. In the theatre we sort of do, I might do two or three key interviews and that would be it"
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Small: When we finally came to start work on this, the joy was it was only Joel and I, we didnt have to answer
"When we finally came to start work on this, the joy was it was only Joel and I, we didn't have to answer to anybody, and we didn't have to submit a screen play or anything like that. We just wrote it and then made it"
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Small: I mean I dont really think about it. You know, do you know what I often say to myself? I think youre ve
"I mean I don't really think about it. You know, do you know what I often say to myself? I think you're very lucky in life if you know what you want to do"
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Small: And it sort of jogged a memory of something that I read at school and I read it, and I thought God this
"And it sort of jogged a memory of something that I read at school and I read it, and I thought God this is it. So you never can tell. I could find something this afternoon"
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Small: Two years ago I hadnt even thought of the Woman in White, and I was doing a television show and I said
"Two years ago I hadn't even thought of the Woman in White, and I was doing a television show and I said I hadn't found a story and the next day somebody rang me and said have you ever thought of the Woman in White"
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