I Feel Pretty I Feel Pretty "I Feel Pretty" is a song from the 1957 musical "West Side Story". "The New York Times" explained that "Mr. Sondheim…has said he was never particularly fond of his lyrics in 'West Side Story,' especially 'I Feel Pretty, later expressing that "The idea of the song is so simple". The original stage version of the lyrics were altered in the making of the movie version of West Side Story due to a change in the scenes occurrence. Making 'I feel pretty and witty and bright/And I pity/Any girl who isn't me tonight' into 'I feel pretty, and
"I Want" song "I Want" song The "I Want" song (also called an "I wish" song) is a popular type of song featured in musical theatre, and has become a particularly popular term through its use to describe a series of songs featured in 1990s Disney animated features that had the main character singing about how they are unsatisfied with their current life, and what they are searching for. The term "'I Want' song" is believed to have been coined by Lehman Engel. Composer Stephen Schwartz explains the concept in regard to the 1995 Disney film "Pocahontas": Musical 101 explains: "The Main "I