The musical is the one area of the theater that can give you the biggest buzz of all.

I never know what is going to have that 'X' factor and what isn't.

Audiences aren't going to get rid of me. One thing I can say, with absolute certainty, is that my shows will still be performed when I'm dead, buried and forgotten. They're going to absolutely outlive me, which is a wonderful thing to think about.

What musicals need is a new me.

Constrained circumstances can bring the best out of you.

I am in that glorious position where I can redesign and re-package my own work.

I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money but I didn't have it for many decades.