I was tired of my lady, we'd been together too long, like a worn-out recording of a favorite song.

As much as the mystery element is all a lot of fun, when you do go to 'Edwin Drood,' you're going to a theatre to see a show about going to a theatre and what that relationship between actors and audiences has been for years.

I think writing for a world one has invented can be infinitely more interesting than writing for the world we've all inherited.

Every songwriter lives to have at least one song that a cab driver who asks 'You write anything I know?' will recognize.

The truth is, I initially became a singer-songwriter while still in my teens because it was the only way to guarantee that somebody on earth would sing the songs I was writing. Since then, I've performed just about everywhere: rock clubs, concerts halls, arenas, TV.

I first had the thought about making a musical of 'Edwin Drood' as far back as 1971.

I always try to keep in mind that while the characters in a farce may find themselves in outrageous dilemmas, and may behave in a way that the audience finds amusing, the characters themselves don't have the consolation of knowing they're in a comedy.