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

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

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.

All I've ever tried to do is get the best out of people and to bring a bit of humour into it. Unlike, say, 'The X-Factor,' which may be great TV, but has no humour at all.

It doesn't stand up to huge intellectual scrutiny.

I think it's probably, musically, probably the most sophisticated. ("The Woman in White") There's a lot more daring harmony in it than in some of my pieces... 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?... Sondheim is absolutely wonderful and Alan Jay Lerner was wonderful.

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.