You rarely pay the rent by doing Shakespeare or Ibsen.

I grew up in Synagogue in the boys' choir. We didn't listen to music in the house; only at temple. Then I went to a mostly African American high school on the South Side of Chicago and joined a gospel choir.

The time it takes to get something done is the time it takes.

I desperately want to see the day today and do the best I can not miss a shred of sunlight. It'll be over before I know it.

My wife will tell you that if you feel my hands before I walk on for a performance, you could chill a bottle of wine.

Sondheim is the Shakespeare of the musical theater world.

I moved to New York to go to Julliard Drama School. Didn't sing a single note of music.