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.

I don't want to own her, but I can't let her have it both ways. There is one too many of us.

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

If you like making love at midnight in the dunes of the cape, you're the love that I've looked for, come with me and escape.

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

I didn't want much. I wanted much more. In fact, I wanted everything.

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.