As a composer at a point where I can absolutely pick and choose what I want to do, I don't want to write about anybody I don't care about.

Think of me, think of me fondly When we've said goodbye. Remember me once in a while Please promise me, you'll try. Recall those days, look back on all those times, Think of those things we'll never do. There will never be a day When I won't think of you. Can it be? Can it be Christine? Long ago, it seems so long ago, How young and innocent we were. She may not remember me But I remember her.

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.

People in Britain always think of 'Jesus Christ Superstar' as a musical - it wasn't.

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.

Love can make a summer fly, or a night seem like a lifetime.

No matter what they tell you, no matter what they do, no matter what they teach you, what you believe is true.