I had the good fortune of being 9 years old when The Little Mermaid came out, that whole run of really beautiful Disney musicals, and so, the fact that I got to interview with Ron [Clements] and John [Musker], who directed The Little Mermaid, I was, like, I just walked in and said, "You're the reason I'm even here."

I've had a little Hollywood experience, and there's nothing like the Disney story experience.

With every word, I drop knowledge.

My sister is as responsible for anyone for giving me good taste in music.

I think I started writing because no one had ever told me you can write about the things you know in a musical. They don't have to come from some far off place.

These New York City streets get colder, I shoulder every burden every disadvantage I've learned to manage. I don't have a gun to brandish. I walk these streets famished.

I'm past patiently waitin,' I'm passionately smashin' every expectation, every action's an act of creation.