Producers want to put their music behind revivals but I don’t think that’s a good trend for the theater at all.

I really wish people - maybe it's naive - wish people had priorities and were willing to be artistic patrons.

Artistic self-indulgence is the mark of an amateur. The temptation to make scenes, to appear late, to call in sick, not to meet deadlines, not to be organized, is at heart a sign of your own insecurity and at worst the sign of an amateur.

I've seen a lot of 'Show Boats,' but I've never seen the one that thoroughly satisfies me.

I got successful awfully quick, and I wanted it... But I do think there is responsibility to move the musical theater form forward. I think you always have to be aware of the work that came before and build on that.

There are wonderful composers and librettists out there. It's the lack of creative producers that is troubling.

I'm a pragmatic man. I'll veer on the dangerous side, because I love dangerous subjects, but I won't shoot a show in the foot.