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.

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.

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.

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.

We don't have butlers. Obviously we have people who look after the houses, but I try not to run things formally.

No more memories, no more silent tears. No more gazing across the wasted years. Help me say goodbye.

I often think of random melodies. And I pretty much hear in my head what I want to do with the orchestra as I'm writing on the piano.