The 20th century has been a badly written drama, from the beginning.

Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

I have two answers to everything and one answer to nothing.

In the olden days, everybody sang. You were expected to sing as well as talk. It was a mark of the cultured man to sing.

Elvis is the greatest cultural force in the twentieth century. He introduced the beat to everything, music, language, clothes, it's a whole new social revolution - the 60's comes from it.

To be a success as a Broadway composer, you must be Jewish or gay. I'm both.

Life without music is unthinkable.