Tuesdays and Thursdays, I didn't do any press, I didn't do any meetings, I just wrote all day, 'cause I'd meet, via Skype, with the creative team, at five p.m., and then I would have my seven o'clock curtain.

I feel like style is like accent. You don't hear it on yourself, and then everyone's like, man, you got a strong accent.

The theater should always be a safe space.

I'm not going to hang out with celebrities, I'm not going to parties. I have two songs due for Moana next week, and I'm going to go and spend some time with Maui and Moana in the ocean, in my mind.

People who don't like musicals like, 'why are they singing? Why aren't they just talking? If you make the lyric feel really conversational, it's much easier for them to bridge that gap.

You can't control the success or failure of a thing you work on. You can only control the thing you work on.

I'm just like my country, I'm young, scrappy and hungry, and I'm not throwing away my shot.