I suppose my biggest concern would be if the planet is going to be in good enough shape for the next generation to have the privileges that we've had.

I love words, I think they're fascinating and incredibly wonderful things and part of the joy of my work is that I not only get to work with music but also with words. Sometimes it's a difficult process but a lot of the time it's really fun.

You're never really happy. I'm certainly not. That's a good thing. It means you're always striving to do better. You hope the next piece will be better.

I don't think it's a very nice idea [making biopic] at all. I don't think my life is that interesting.

I just know that something good is going to happen. I don't know when - but just saying it could even make it happen.

I think in some parts of our English history we've had huge amounts of almost too much great comedy. You kind of wonder how so much great work could come out of one country.

We deliberately chose a small theatre so that the show was still intimate and the audience would become a part of the show.