I can't live one day without hearing music, playing it , studying it , or thinking about it .

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

Music, because of its specific and far-reaching metaphorical powers, can name the unnamable and communicate the unknowable.

It is hard to think of another composer who so perfectly marries form and passion.

Success is all very well as long as you don't inhale.

A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future.

Life without music is meaningless, music without life is academic.